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HHS issues clarifications for EHR certification
On
June 10, the DHHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC) issued the following clarifications with
regard to EHR certification:A combination of certified EHR Modules can be used to meet the definition of Certified EHR Technology.Combining
certified EHR Modules or certified EHR Modules with a certified
Complete EHR (or even two certified Complete EHRs) will not invalidate
the certification assigned to the EHR technologies.ONC-Authorized
Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCBs) are not required to
examine the compatibility of two or more EHR Modules with each other.The
ONC-ATCBs do not favor large developers, and such favoritism is
precluded by the international standards to which ONC-ATCBs must adhere.Certification
doesn’t ...
Posted Jul 6, 2011, 3:01 PM by John Little
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