Join Healthcare IT News from this year’s HIMSS conference as they interview CCHIT Chair Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, and CCHIT Executive Director Alisa Ray.
In the first of two CCHIT podcast interviews at HIMSS10, Mark Leavitt, MD, talks about the “unprecedented amount of financial incentives for implementing electronic health records” and the ambition of the meaningful [...]
Having reviewed the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding certifying bodies, we feel confident about our prospects of becoming accredited. Today’s release of the Certification NPRM is an important step that will reduce the uncertainty that the health care community has experienced while awaiting this additional information.
CCHIT has four years of experience testing and [...]
In a guest post on Health System CIO, Russ Branzell, CIO, Poudre Valley Health System, describes some of the collaborative activities in which CIOs are engaging to help address issues affecting health IT.
One example? Colorado:
When was the last time a majority of the CIOs and senior HIT leaders of the Colorado healthcare organizations met to [...]
Entitled “Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology,” the Interim Final Rule (IFR) by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was officially published on January 13 and becomes effective on February 12, 2010.
But what does this new IFR mean to EHR certification? [...]
A recent article, reporting that NIST awarded a $400,000 contract to Booz Allen Hamilton to develop a framework for electronic health record certification, stirred up lots of questions.
We needed to find out more. It took some time to locate the source document, because the terms “health IT” and “certification” aren’t in the title – instead, [...]
A new report from KLAS indicates that 85% of providers believe their electronic health record (EHR) will help them qualify for federal “meaningful use” standards.
For the report, KLAS interviewed more than 1,400 health care providers about their experiences with EHR products from 26 vendors. The survey asked the providers whether they thought their EHRs would [...]
On October 7, CCHIT launched its new 2011 certification programs. We announced results from the first few inspections last week and have more underway, but with everyone eager for predictions about “life under ARRA” we thought it might be helpful to share some details that point to early trends.
Since opening up the two 2011 [...]
Today, the Certification Commission announced the first group of products certified under its two new programs—CCHIT Certified® 2011 Comprehensive and Preliminary ARRA 2011.
The CCHIT Certified 2011 Comprehensive program differs from the Preliminary ARRA certification program by providing a more rigorous inspection of integrated EHR functionality, interoperability, and security in addition to full compliance with Federal [...]
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, has some thoughts on the future of healthcare in the United States. But at the core of his argument is a very simple premise: “having an EHR alone is not sufficient.”
To the extent that they accurately capture past experience with EHRs, these studies illustrate [...]
Anthony Guerra of Healthcare Informatics continues his interview with CCHIT Chair Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD. In part 2, they discuss the policy committee’s recommendations, CCHIT’s response to those recommendations, and the effects of ARRA on certification.
Read the entire interview starting with part 1 and continuing with part 2.