Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT)
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A Layer Above It All: Healtheway’s Value Prop
Now that NwHIN has been spun-out into the public-private entity Healtheway one has to wonder exactly what value they can deliver to market that will sustain them as they attempt to ween themselves from the federal spigot. Healtheway has no lack of challenges ahead but they intend to target one area that presents an interesting opportunity. Question is: Are they too early to market? Read More »
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CCHIT Demise Should Herald Demise Of EHR Certification
In my very first post for Forbes.com, written back in May, I argued that certification of electronic health records had run its course and was no longer needed in health IT. This week, that position got a boost with some news that in one sense was shocking and in another was not surprising at all: the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) is closing its doors on Nov. 14...
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CCHIT To Test EHR, HIE Interoperability
To follow up yesterday’s news that Healtheway’s public-private partnership with eHealth Exchange (formerly NwHIN) was official, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) announced plans to work on a health information exchange (HIE) testing program. Read More »
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DeSalvo Names ONC’s First Chief Health Information Officer
Michael James McCoy, MD, is set to become the first Chief Health Information Officer of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology...
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DoD, VA To Expand Health Data Exchange Pilot
The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plan to expand their virtual lifetime electronic record (VLER) pilot, which began a year ago in 11 sites across the country. Read More »
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EHR Makers Surprised By Stage 2 Complexity
As the end of 2013 closes in, most federal certification bodies are noticing an uptick in the number of vendors who are applying to become certified under the 2014 criteria — the same criteria that will be required for the EHR products providers must use to attest to meaningful use Stage 2. Read More »
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Four Years Later: The Impact Of The HITECH Act On EHR Implementations
Since 2009, Software Advice has gathered data on tens of thousands of practices looking to purchase medical software. We’ve tapped into that data to determine [the following]: Read More »
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Mirth Connect Earns 2014 ONC HIT Certification
Ambulatory Technology compliant with the ONC 2014 Edition Criteria and Certified as an EHR Module Read More »
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Montana Hospital Sues Developer Over Electronic Health-Record Certification
A small Montana hospital may be among the first of many providers to go to court to resolve their frustrations with electronic health record systems developers that are either lagging or failing to update their software to the new, more stringent testing and certification requirements of the federal EHR incentive payment program. Read More »
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ONC Rejects Claims Questioning Future Of EHR Certification
EHR certification at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is alive and well despite recent regulatory and organizational developments that might indicate otherwise, claims the recently appointed head of the Health IT Certification Program...
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ONC Will Not Create NwHIN Governance Rule
The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) issued a Sept. 7 statement that it’s tabling its project to define governance for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN). Read More »
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