EHR Experts

By Reda Chouffani
While many are still talking to the EHR vendors at the exhibit halls at the HIMSS 2010, The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released yesterday the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the two certification programs. This proposed program has two proposals in it. One that will be temporary [...]

Filed under: CCHIT, EHR, Electronic Health Records on March 9th, 2010 | No Comments »

The Certification Commission today announced the first group of products certified under its two new programs – CCHIT Certified® 2011 Comprehensive, and Preliminary ARRA 2011 – launched on October 7, 2009.  Both programs inspect electronic health record (EHR) technology for the first time against proposed Federal standards to support providers in qualifying  for 2011-2012 incentives [...]

Filed under: ARRA, CCHIT, EHR on December 11th, 2009 | No Comments »

By DAVID C. KIBBE and BRIAN KLEPPER
“Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits
Where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.”
All’s Well That Ends Well (II, i, 145-147)
2009 began with a bang for legacy Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors, promising strong sales and windfall profits on the heels of [...]

Filed under: CCHIT, EHR on December 7th, 2009 | No Comments »

By Neil Versel
The new Medicare Part B fee schedule for 2010 is encouraging doctors to adopt EHRs by, for the first time, allowing practices to use real clinical data from EHRs and e-prescribing systems to report quality measures for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and e-prescribing incentive programs. The change, according to CMS, [...]

Filed under: CCHIT, Electronic Health Records, Health Care on November 9th, 2009 | No Comments »

For DCs looking to invest in electronic health records (EHR) software to make the switch from paper to digital or simply to streamline their practice’s efficiency, there are dozens of vendors to choose from. However, not all EHR companies are created equal, so in order to get the best value for your money, you should [...]

Filed under: CCHIT, EHR, EHR companies on November 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Health care organizations that developed their own electronic health records systems likely will be able to get them certified as being compliant with the meaningful use requirements of the federal EHR incentive program next year.

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology next year plans to develop a “site certification” program for hospitals and [...]

Filed under: ARRA, CCHIT, EHR, Health Care on October 7th, 2009 | No Comments »

By Ken Congdon, Healthcare Technology Online
In my coverage of the healthcare technology industry, I’ve noticed that many software and hardware vendors, clinicians, and even some analysts tend to use the terms EMR (electronic medical record) and EHR (electronic health record) interchangeably. However, according to the National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT), there is a [...]

Filed under: CCHIT, EHR, HL7 on October 7th, 2009 | No Comments »