The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission has recommended a series of changes to the federal government’s proposed rule on electronic health record certification, Healthcare IT News reports.
EHNAC, a not-for-profit standards group, issued the recommendations in response to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on EHR certification.
ONC’s proposed rule calls for the establishment of a temporary EHR certification program, which eventually would be replaced by a permanent certification program. The temporary program would allow ONC-authorized certification bodies to test and certify EHRs and EHR modules.
Recommendations
EHNAC officials said the group is concerned that the current definition of ONC-authorized certification bodies would exclude EHNAC and other organizations from consideration as certifiers of health information exchanges.
The group said its recommendations would enable EHNAC to be named a health data exchange certifier without needing official designation as an EHR certifier.
In its recommendations, EHNAC called for ONC to:
* Allow certifiers to establish a “virtual” office for conducting certification tasks;
* Extend the deadline for organizations to develop certification programs to encourage more groups to apply for designation as temporary certifiers;
* Eliminate unscheduled site visits and provide organizations with sufficient time to prepare for planned visits; and
* Refrain from considering a certified testing program a necessary requirement for the certification of health IT products (Monegain, Healthcare IT News, 5/25).
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