Category: ONC Certification Program
Will UDI Capability Be Incorporated into EHR Certification?
EHR Meets UDI COMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author Unique Device Identification (UDI) is a congressionally mandated Food and Drug Administration (FDA) program1 under which most medical devices distributed in the US would eventually have a unique, readable, alpha-numeric, device identifier. Currently UDI is under [...]
ONC Revokes Certification of Two EHR Products
ONC Re-tests Two EHR Products After Complaints Filed Last week EHR certification made news when the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced it had revoked certifications for two EHR products developed by EHRMagic. The products, one ambulatory and one inpatient, had previously been certified for Stage 1 meaningful use. EHR certification [...]
CMS to Integrate Children’s EHR Format Into Future ONC Certification Criteria
New children’s electronic health record format announced The benefits of electronic health records (EHRs) may become more widely available to children through an EHR format for children’s health care announced today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). [...]
ONC Asks for Input on Interoperability Testing Scenerio
First Draft of ONC Test Scenario Open for Comment On September 4, 2012 the ONC issued the Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology Final Rule. The rule changed the name of the Permanent Certification Program [...]
Certification Bodies Now Authorized to Certify Stage 2 EHR Products
ONC HIT Certification Program For Stage 2 EHR Technology The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced last week that ONC-Authorized Certification Bodies (ACBs) in the ONC HIT Certification Program are now authorized to test and certify EHR products in accordance with the 2014 Edition Standards and Certification Criteria, as outlined in [...]
Drummond Group Offers Stage 2 EHR Testing Guide
Guide Bridges Stage 1 and 2 for EHR Vendors The Drummond Group announced yesterday they will begin providing to electronic health records (EHR) software developers and vendors a Decision Guide to 2014 Edition. The guide bridges the knowledge gap between the ONC’s 2014 (Stage 2) and 2011 (Stage 1) Edition criteria. Drummond Group was recently approved [...]
Stage 2 Permanent Certification Program for EHR Technology
2014 Edition EHR Testing and Certification Here we go, again. This week hopefully launches the Permanent Certification Program for EHR Technology and kicks off the testing and certification process for 2014 Edition software. We have been through this before and hopefully this time we will see a more measured approach for the sake of us all. [...]
2014 Edition Certification Attainable for Most EHR Vendors
Q&A With ICSA Labs on Stage 2 Testing and Certification There is one consistent question I have received over the past few weeks from many of my EHR vendor clients, “What is the next round of ONC certification testing going to be like?”. Well with the Final Test Procedures due out tomorrow it is probably [...]
ONC HIT Workshop and 7 Certification Waves Now Released
ONC HIT Certification Program and 2014 Edition Test Methods Public Workshop The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will hold a public workshop on the ONC HIT Certification Program and 2014 Edition Test Methods on Tuesday, November 13th, 9AM-4:30PM EST. The topics to be covered include 2014 Test Procedures, Test Tools, [...]
More Certification Criteria Test Procedure Released by ONC
6th Wave Now Released for Public Review and Comment On Tuesday, September 4th, the Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology final rule was published in the Federal Register. SUMMARY: With this final rule, the Secretary of [...]
Providers working towards HIE and interoperability face the challenge of bringing connectivity to scale to take advantage of the data being generated by EHR adoption. This paper seeks to demonstrate that connectivity at scale can be accomplished. 
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