The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) has announced that it has been named an authorized certification body (ONC-ACB) by the Office of the National Coordinator for ...

Certified EHR technology is required for hospitals and eligible providers to qualify for ARRA funding and avoid future Medicare penalties. CCHIT's EACH certification is a program designed for ...

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has launched its certification program for electronic health records, which was created to certify EHRs that help healthcare providers ...

More than two-thirds of the complete electronic health records of providers and hospitals that have qualified for meaningful use incentives are dually certified under both the ONC-ATCB and the CCHIT ...

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) is launching a new EHR certification program for hospitals that have uncertified legacy software, customized commercial products ...

An EHR alternative certification program for hospitals that has been tested out in hospital pilots in Boston, New York City and Pasadena, Calif., is being rolled out nationwide this week by the ...

Two of three organizations authorized to certify health IT systems have approved 36 electronic health record systemsor EHR components, clearing the way for vendors to begin to market them to health ...

The American Health Information Management Association, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and National Alliance for Health Information Technology formed and initially funded CCHIT ...

The EHR Alternative Certifications for Hospitals program is designed to meet the needs of hospitals that have uncertified healthcare IT software, customized commercial products or have developed their ...

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act holds great promise for accelerating the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records by hospitals, medical ...

The CCHIT Certified® 2011 certification program provides a rigorous inspection of integrated EHR functionality, interoperability, and security features according to criteria independently developed by ...

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 20, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abraxas Medical Solutions, Inc. ("Abraxas") announced today that Abraxas EMR VERSION 4.1.7 is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR ...