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Conventional wisdom suggests that physician-based office practices have been slow to adopt Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. According to a survey from 2007, the biggest barriers to adoption include the cost of initial capitalization (84% of respondents), start-up financial costs ongoing financial costs (82%), and loss of productivity (81%) for physician office settings (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2215070/?report=abstract). There […]
Both CCHIT’s Comprehensive and Modular EHR certification programs will be updated to conform to the Meaningful Use Interim Final Rule, and applications for certification will open on the rule’s effective date of Feb. 12, according to the organization. CCHIT says approximately 12 vendors that had already achieved certification under its latest programs will be offered […]
CCHIT has certified 14 products under its two new programs — CCHIT Certified 2011 Comprehensive and Preliminary ARRA 2011. The CCHIT Certified 2011 Comprehensive program differs from the Preliminary ARRA certification program by providing a more rigorous inspection of integrated EHR functionality, interoperability, and security in addition to full compliance with federal standards, according to […]
