<p>Commission announces 18 EHR certified products<br />Healthcare IT News <br />By Bernie Monegain, Managing Editor 07/18/06 </p><p>WASHINGTON – The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology today named the 17 vendors whose ambulatory EHR products pass the commission’s muster. </p><p>roducts that comply with 100 percent of the functionality and security criteria tested during the inspection will bear the CCHIT CertifiedSM seal. </p><p>Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt joined commission chairman Mark Leavitt, MD, for the announcement today at George Washington University Medical Center. </p><p>Certified vendors are: </p><p>• Allscripts for Healthmatics and TouchWorks </p><p>• Cerner for PowerChart </p><p>• Companion Technologies for Companion EMR </p><p>• eClinicalWorks for eClinicalWorks </p><p>• Emdeon Practice Services for Intergy </p><p>• e-MDs for e-MDs Solution Series </p><p>• Epic Systems Corp. for EpicCare Ambulatory EMR </p><p>• GE Healthcare for Centricity EMR </p><p>• JMJ Technologies for EncounterPRO </p><p>• McKesson Corp. for Horizon Ambulatory Care </p><p>• MCS (Medical Communication System) for mMD.Net EHR </p><p>• MedcomSoft Inc. for MedcomSoft Record </p><p>• Medical Informatics Engineering for WebChart </p><p>• Misys Healthcare Systems for Misys EMR </p><p>• NextGen Healthcare Information Systems for NextGen EMR </p><p>• Nightingale Informatix Corp. for my Nightingale Physician Workstation </p><p>• Practice Partners for Practice Partner Patient Records </p><p>Two products were pre-market conditionally certified awaiting customer verification of implementation. Those products are:<br />• MEDENT by Community Computer Service, Inc. and <br />• Medical Practice Management Client/Server by LSS Data Systems </p><p><br />“This is the center of the universe on health IT today,” said HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt, in his remarks after the announcement. “This is a profoundly important day.”</p><p></p><p>“This is important to the president,” he said, adding that interoperability was key and CCHIT would continue its work along the path toward interoperability. "This seal of approval removes a significant barrier to widespread adoption of electronic health records," he said. "It gives healthcare providers peace of mind to know they are purchasing a product that is functional, interoperable and will bring higher quality, safe care to patients." </p><p>The CCHIT Certified seal – a “seal of approval”– provides the first real benchmark for ambulatory EHR products, said Mark Leavitt. One of the stated purposes of the commission is to encourage the adoption of healthcare information technology by physicians. Industry leaders often cite cost and uncertainty about which products to choose as barriers to technology uptake. </p><p>With this first round of certification, the commission encourages physicians to look for EHR products featuring the CCHIT Certified seal, Mark Leavitt said. They can feel confident in purchasing CCHIT Certified products because the certification criteria have been designed to ensure that products provide a defined set of functions, are compatible with other systems, and are secure and reliable. </p><p>CCHIT is preparing materials for vendors that will assist them with promoting their certified products to physicians. The materials will include guidelines for product advertising and public relations. </p><p>At least two dozen vendors applied for certification of ambulatory EHRs by the commission, which won a federal contract to test and certify electronic medical record systems and the networks that connect them. </p><p>Some members of the commission have complained that the $28,000 they must pay for certification is too high and could drive small electronic health records vendors out of business. </p><p></p>
发表于 2006-7-25 08:41:17
roducts that comply with 100 percent of the functionality and security criteria tested during the inspection will bear the CCHIT CertifiedSM seal. </p><p>Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt joined commission chairman Mark Leavitt, MD, for the announcement today at George Washington University Medical Center. </p><p>Certified vendors are: </p><p>• Allscripts for Healthmatics and TouchWorks </p><p>• Cerner for PowerChart </p><p>• Companion Technologies for Companion EMR </p><p>• eClinicalWorks for eClinicalWorks </p><p>• Emdeon Practice Services for Intergy </p><p>• e-MDs for e-MDs Solution Series </p><p>• Epic Systems Corp. for EpicCare Ambulatory EMR </p><p>• GE Healthcare for Centricity EMR </p><p>• JMJ Technologies for EncounterPRO </p><p>• McKesson Corp. for Horizon Ambulatory Care </p><p>• MCS (Medical Communication System) for mMD.Net EHR </p><p>• MedcomSoft Inc. for MedcomSoft Record </p><p>• Medical Informatics Engineering for WebChart </p><p>• Misys Healthcare Systems for Misys EMR </p><p>• NextGen Healthcare Information Systems for NextGen EMR </p><p>• Nightingale Informatix Corp. for my Nightingale Physician Workstation </p><p>• Practice Partners for Practice Partner Patient Records </p><p>Two products were pre-market conditionally certified awaiting customer verification of implementation. Those products are:<br />• MEDENT by Community Computer Service, Inc. and <br />• Medical Practice Management Client/Server by LSS Data Systems </p><p><br />“This is the center of the universe on health IT today,” said HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt, in his remarks after the announcement. “This is a profoundly important day.”</p><p></p><p>“This is important to the president,” he said, adding that interoperability was key and CCHIT would continue its work along the path toward interoperability. "This seal of approval removes a significant barrier to widespread adoption of electronic health records," he said. "It gives healthcare providers peace of mind to know they are purchasing a product that is functional, interoperable and will bring higher quality, safe care to patients." </p><p>The CCHIT Certified seal – a “seal of approval”– provides the first real benchmark for ambulatory EHR products, said Mark Leavitt. One of the stated purposes of the commission is to encourage the adoption of healthcare information technology by physicians. Industry leaders often cite cost and uncertainty about which products to choose as barriers to technology uptake. </p><p>With this first round of certification, the commission encourages physicians to look for EHR products featuring the CCHIT Certified seal, Mark Leavitt said. They can feel confident in purchasing CCHIT Certified products because the certification criteria have been designed to ensure that products provide a defined set of functions, are compatible with other systems, and are secure and reliable. </p><p>CCHIT is preparing materials for vendors that will assist them with promoting their certified products to physicians. The materials will include guidelines for product advertising and public relations. </p><p>At least two dozen vendors applied for certification of ambulatory EHRs by the commission, which won a federal contract to test and certify electronic medical record systems and the networks that connect them. </p><p>Some members of the commission have complained that the $28,000 they must pay for certification is too high and could drive small electronic health records vendors out of business. </p><p></p>