2010 Current Issue Lead Story
ONC Announces First Group of Authorized ATCBs
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) and the Drummond Group, a well-established player in the testing and certification world, have been named the first two Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ATCB). ATCBs are the only bodies approved to provide Meaningful Use certification.
Kyle Meadors, principal and director of EHR for the Drummond Group, shares his perspective on the ONC’s application process and his company’s EHR certification program.
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2010 Current Issue Feature
With the flurry to implement EMR systems in time to qualify for Meaningful Use incentives, it’s difficult to think beyond the short-term. However, according to
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From the earliest stages of its electronic health records implementation, ColumbiaDoctors has made physician involvement a priority. Physician participation, as well as committed governance and
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Physicians who haven’t yet climbed on the EMR adoption train may soon have another reason to jump aboard: their board recertification may eventually depend on
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Hospital IT life was more complex before Meaningful Use. Dozens of projects competed openly for the CIO’s attention and for capital and operational budget dollars.
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By now, you may have noticed this issue looks a little different from what you’ve been receiving. Guess what we did on our summer vacation?
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Breaking News
ONC Announces 2 New Beacon Communities Today, HHS announced the funding of the final two new Beacon Communities: Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge, Inc., in Cincinnati, and Southeastern Michigan Health Association in Detroit. These new communities will join 15 others across the country in helping to demonstrate how health information technology can improve the quality and efficiency of health care for communities and
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HealthInfoNet, the nonprofit organization managing the Health Information Exchange (HIE) for the State of Maine, announced that it is partnering with Health Language, Inc. (HLI), the global leader in medical terminology management, as it transitions from a two-year demonstration project to a full statewide HIE implementation. Health Language will support the Maine HIE’s clinical content
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QuadraMed® Corporation, announced that IASIS Healthcare, which operates 16 healthcare facilities across six states, has selected QuadraMed’s coding, compliance, and reporting solutions as part of its efforts to continually improve coding practices and transition to the ICD-10 code sets in 2013. QuadraMed is planning to implement Quantim Coding in all IASIS facilities within the next
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athenahealth, Inc. announced that Southwest Kidney Institute, PLC, one of the nation’s leading kidney disease management groups, has selected athenahealth’s full suite of web-based services to help its 50 medical providers streamline operational procedures and to support improved communications with patients that will enable the delivery of better, more coordinated patient care.
Sierra View District Hospital Chooses MEDSEEK’s eHealth ecoSystemMEDSEEK, the leading provider of enterprise eHealth solutions that give patients, clinicians and administrative staff an optimal 360-degree online experience, today announced its engagement to develop and deploy Sierra View District Hospital’s new consumer website, as well as its clinical portal, as part of the healthcare system’s efforts to enhance quality of care throughout its
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Drummond Group Inc., the trusted software testing lab, is one of the first to be approved by the Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) to be an ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) to certify Complete EHRs and all EHR Modules for both ambulatory and inpatient settings. Eligible
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