November HIT Policy Committee Reports of 2014 Edition Vendors
HIT Policy Committee Meeting The Health IT (HIT) Policy Committee was created under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and charged with making recommendations to…
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2014 Certified EHR is More Flexible in Choosing Technology
EHR Certification: 2014 Criteria Redefine Certified EHR Technology By Robert Tagalicod, Director, Office of E-Health Standards and Services To participate in the Medicare & Medicaid…
EHR Makers Surprised by Stage 2 Complexity
2014 EHR Certifications By Anthony Brino, Associate Editor Government Health IT and Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News As the end of 2013 closes in, most…
Better Health Info, Better Health: Announcing ONC’s Certified HIT Mark
Carol Bean /Â Director, Office of Certification and Testing Peter Garrett /Â Director, Office of Communications More and more Americans across the country are relying on their…
New ONC 2014 Certification Mark Announced
Communication from ONC’s Office of Communications A new mark for certified electronic health records (EHR) technology was unveiled by the HHS Office of the National…
ONC to Provide Annual Guidance on Surveillance as Part of EHR Certification Process
EHR Certification and Surveillance William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu Read other articles by this author Last week’s ONC Health…
Will UDI Capability Be Incorporated into EHR Certification?
EHR Meets UDI COMMENTARY 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…
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)…
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…