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CCHIT on PHRs

CCHIT, the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology, will be certifying personal health records (PHRs) next year. Criteria will be proposed in April, 2009, along with a comment period. Certification will officially start in July 2009.

CCHIT’s certification of EMRs met with mixed reactions early on, with smaller vendors crying foul over the $20,000 fee. Since then, it’s become a somewhat important stamp of approval in large enterprise purchasing decisions.  This will likely happen with PHR certification as well.

PHR vendors should watch criteria development and participate in the comment period to provide your view.

Co-chairs of the task force are Mark Leavitt, M.D., chair of CCHIT; and Paul Tang, M.D., vice president and CIO, Palo Alto Medical Foundation. 

Other members include:

* Abha Agrawal, M.D., director of medical informatics and associate medical director, Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn;
* Richard Benoit, director of Dossia ecosystem development, Intel Corp.b s digital health group;
* Lorraine Doo, senior policy advisor, Office of e-Health Standards and Service at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and
* Steve Findlay, health care analyst, Consumers Union;
* Meighan Girgus, executive vice president, American Heart Association;
*Theresa Hancock, acting director, Office of Information, Veterans and Consumers Health Informatics, Department of Veterans Affairs;
* Leslie Harris, president and CEO, Center for Democracy and Technology;
* Missy Krasner, product marketing manager, Google Health;
* Steve Lampkin, vice president, benefits services and strategic initiatives, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.;
* Holly Miller, M.D., vice president and chief medical information officer, University Hospitals in Cleveland;
* Don Mon, vice president of practice leadership, American Health Information Management Association;
* Anna-Lisa Silvestre, vice president of online services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan;
* Michael Stokes, principal program manager, Microsoft Corp.;
* Michael Ubl, director of e-health and I.T. strategy, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota.

Posted by Shawn Whalen on June 28, 2008 at 12:45 PM
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