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CHICAGO – The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology announced Oct. 1 that it has tested and certified 33 Electronic Health Record products under the ONC-ATCB program.
CCHIT is one of three Approved Testing and Certification Bodies, designated by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC). The other two are the Drummond Group and InfoGard Laboratories, Inc.
The ATCBs certify that the EHRs are capable of meeting the 2011/2012 criteria supporting Stage 1 meaningful use. Certification is required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The CCHIT certifications include 19 Complete EHRs, which meet all of the 2011/2012 criteria for either eligible provider or hospital technology, and 14 EHR Modules, which meet one or more – but not all – of the criteria.
"We are pleased to have quickly completed the certification process for these EHRs so that companies are now able to offer certified products to providers who wish to purchase and implement EHR technology and achieve meaningful use in time for the 2011-2012 incentives. This is a testament to the Commission's long history in certifying EHRs and the skills and experience of our trained team who test the products we certify," said Karen M. Bell, MD, CCHIT chairwoman. "We have ramped up our testing capacity to accommodate the demand for ONC-ATCB certification.
"Applications and testing dates are available for other EHR developers seeking this certification," she added.
The HHS Final Rule, Establishment of the Temporary Certification Program for Health Information Technology, requires EHR developers to provide complete information on the details of their ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification, including company and product name and version, date certified, unique product identification number, the criteria for which they are certified, and the clinical quality measures for which they were tested, and any additional software a complete EHR or EHR module relied upon to demonstrate its compliance with a certification criteria. This information also will be available on the CCHIT website next week for the products certified by CCHIT.
A list of the EHR products certified by CCHIT, including the version and domain is on the next page.
