In a comment letter sent Friday, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives stressed the importance of ensuring that the electronic health record certification process can adequately handle the demand to certify EHR systems, Healthcare IT News reports (Merrill, Healthcare IT News, 4/30).
CHIME also said EHR systems that receive certification under the temporary certification program being established this year should be able to have that certification carry over to the permanent program that will be established in 2012 (Goedert, Health Data Management, 4/30).
The comments are in response to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EHR certification.
CHIME also recommended that ONC:
* Ensure that the certification program has the capacity to handle demand;
* Focus on EHR certification before expanding to other technologies (Healthcare IT News, 4/30);
* Provide details on how it will coordinate the EHR testing and certification process with the National Institute of Standards and Technology;
* Explain what constitutes a self-developed EHR;
* Require vendors to disclose what functions their products are certified to perform and any known compatibility issues; and
* Give vendors adequate time to recertify their products if a certifying body loses its authority to certify products (Health Data Management, 4/30).
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