The Certification Commission for Healthcare IT has announced plans to offer certification programs for electronic health record systems targeting women’s health and cancer specialists, InformationWeek reports.
CCHIT made its announcement during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s 2010 conference in Atlanta (Kolbasuk McGee, InformationWeek, 3/2).
The American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Congress of [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on March 3rd, 2010 | No Comments »
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced it would reorganize the office to better reflect its role as a leading force in the adoption of electronic health records and other health IT, including closer oversight of privacy issues.
Appointing a chief privacy officer is one of the main moves detailed in a [...]
Filed under: EHR, Electronic Health Records on December 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »
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 Joseph Conn / HITS staff writer
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology is adopting a two-tier system of testing and certifying IT systems.
In a conference call with vendors and developers of health IT systems Thursday, CCHIT Chairman Mark Leavitt announced the not-for-profit organization’s new testing program, as the group readies itself for [...]
Filed under: EHR on September 21st, 2009 | No Comments »