Oh You Mean That Interoperability
For all the hoopla electronic health record system certification via CCHIT (Certification Commission for Healthcare IT) received, it was surprising to hear Health and Human Services (HHS) head and CCHIT Chair Mark Leavitt describe the interoperability criteria as weak. Apparently the only 2006 interoperability requirement necessary is the ability to electronically receive laboratory test results.
That makes one wonder how poor the grades of the 17 vendors who flunked the recent round of tests were. CCHIT withheld those names (to protect the innocence of their customers?)
In 2007, the requirement will expand to electronic prescription transmission. Eventually CCHIT will move vendors up to a more comprehensive interoperability requirement.
For a list of the latest 11 vendors to pass CCHIT, read it here:
ABELMed PM-EMR (ABELSoft)
AcerMed (AcerMed)
Bond Clinician EHR (Bond Technologies)
Medical Practice EMR (Computer Programs and Systems Inc.)
SunriseAmbulatory Care (Eclipsys)
CareRevolution (Electronic Healthcare Systems)
PrimeSuite (Greenway Medical Technologies)
MediNotes e EMR (MediNotes)
MedPlexus EHR (MedPlexus)
Avatar (Netsmart Technologies)
NoteworthyEHR (Noteworthy Medical Systems)
Posted by Shawn Whalen on November 8, 2006 at 2:01 PM
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