Drummond Prepares for Certification App

Drummond Group Studies for ONC Test

The Drummond Group “has received a very enthusiastic response from many EHR vendors, and (looks) forward to starting” its EHR Testing and Certification Program, according to a blog post published by the organization today. Drummond also stated it is currently:

• Working on updating its documentation of different manuals and procedures which demonstrate its compliance to ISO Guide 65 and 17025
• Growing its “understanding of the EHR standards and applications”
• Studying NIST’s “work as part of our preparation for the application examination and for creating our test program.  We have already contacted them and will be providing feedback on their work in the immediate future.”

In closing, Drummond stated, “We also are discussing and recording our comments for the Certification Program NPRM. Comments are due by April 9 and, when we publish them, we will either copy them here to our blog or link to them.”