e-MDs Solution Series™ Receives 2008 CCHIT Certification
Electronic health record vendor earns key industry certification.
February 24, 2009
AUSTIN, TEXAS – e-MDs, an industry leader in the development and implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) and practice management (PM) solutions, today announced that the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT®) has approved the e-MDs product, Solution Series™ Version 6.3 software as a CCHIT Certified® 08 Ambulatory EHR, additionally certified for Child Health, and Cardiovascular Medicine. The Commission – a private, nonprofit organization – is the only federally recognized health information technology certifying body in the United States.
“Two key new areas of interoperability are required to achieve 08 certification,” said Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D., chair, CCHIT. "First, ambulatory EHRs must be capable of advanced electronic prescribing functions so physicians can qualify for bonuses under Medicare’s new incentive program. Second, EHRs must be able to send and receive an electronic patient summary. These and other new criteria will ensure that certified health IT products help improve quality, safety and efficiency while protecting the privacy of health information.”
In the third year of the program’s operation, the criteria and testing have been significantly updated again to provide physicians with more assurance that certified products will meet their needs for functionality, interoperability and security. The Commission added 19 criteria to the 200 required in 2007. Those changes were focused on the ability to exchange patient information with other systems. A CCHIT Certified 08 Ambulatory EHR ensures:
“We are delighted to certify for the third year in a row.” said Dr. Michael Stearns President and CEO of e-MDs. “CCHIT certification provides an objective set of criteria by which health information technology products can be measured. This enables purchasers to reliably make an investment in those products and assures healthcare consumers that they can trust their health information to be stored securely in those products. At e-MDs we are 100% committed to providing products that meet certification requirements that will allow our providers to take advantage of incentives in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.”
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About CCHIT
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT®) is a private non-profit organization recognized by the federal government as an official certification body for healthcare information technology (HIT) products. The goals of The Certification Commission’s product certification are to reduce the risk of health IT investment by providers, ensure interoperability (compatibility) of health IT products, enhance the availability of health IT adoption incentives from purchasers and payers and protect the privacy of personal health information. More information on CCHIT and CCHIT Certified® products is available at www.cchit.org and at www.ehrdecisions.com.
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About e-MDs
e-MDs is a leading developer of healthcare software solutions headquartered in Austin, Texas. The company, founded in 1996 by a primary care physician, remains physician managed and actively participates in national health information technology and interoperability efforts. e-MDs Solution Series™, with more than 17,000 users nationwide, is the standard for affordable and integrated EHR and PRACTICE MANAGEMENT software solutions, including clinical, financial and document management modules designed to automate medical practice processes and chart management. The product is CCHIT Certified and designed by physicians aiming to improve care, reduce errors and simplify business so that time spent with patients is time billed and coded properly. With e-MDs, medical practices can visit, code and bill with a single application. For more information, please visit e-MDs.
Media Contacts:
e-MDs, Inc., Andrea Lesh, 512.257.5200 alesh@e-MDs.com