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| − | ''Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®)'' is a nonprofit foundation established in 2004. In 2006 CCHIT began to certify electronic health record technology. The products certified are categorized into the following categories: | + | ''Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®)'' is a nonprofit foundation established in 2004. In 2006 CCHIT began to certify electronic health record technology. |
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| + | The mission of the CCHIT® is to "accelerate the adoption of robust, interoperable health information technology by creating a credible, efficient certification process". | ||
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| + | To help physicians, hospitals and other providers understand the Certification Commission’s criteria for electronic health records (EHRs), the CCHIT® makes available a ''Concise Guide to Certification'', which provides a comparison to the Commission’s most recent criteria and demonstrates how certification of EHRs to these criteria ensures that they are a qualified electronic health record under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The CCHIT® criteria will be further adjusted to meet the final 2011 meaningful use objectives required by the US Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS) when the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC/HHS) publishes the criteria and standards needed to support those objectives. | ||
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| + | The products certified are categorized into the following categories: | ||
* [http://www.cchit.org/products/Ambulatory Ambulatory EHR] | * [http://www.cchit.org/products/Ambulatory Ambulatory EHR] | ||
* [http://www.cchit.org/products/Emergency Emergency Department EHR] | * [http://www.cchit.org/products/Emergency Emergency Department EHR] | ||
Revision as of 02:38, 21 September 2009
Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) is a nonprofit foundation established in 2004. In 2006 CCHIT began to certify electronic health record technology.
The mission of the CCHIT® is to "accelerate the adoption of robust, interoperable health information technology by creating a credible, efficient certification process".
To help physicians, hospitals and other providers understand the Certification Commission’s criteria for electronic health records (EHRs), the CCHIT® makes available a Concise Guide to Certification, which provides a comparison to the Commission’s most recent criteria and demonstrates how certification of EHRs to these criteria ensures that they are a qualified electronic health record under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The CCHIT® criteria will be further adjusted to meet the final 2011 meaningful use objectives required by the US Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS) when the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC/HHS) publishes the criteria and standards needed to support those objectives.
The products certified are categorized into the following categories:
- Ambulatory EHR
- Emergency Department EHR
- Enterprise EHR
- Inpatient EHR
- Stark and Anti-Kickback Exemption
References:
- 1. CCHIT website. Available at http://www.cchit.org/
