Beth Israel nets CCHITs first cert for self-developed software
Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has been certified as a complete EHR under the EHR Alternative Certification for Hospitals (EACH) certification program for installed hospital EHR technology.
BIDMC, the first hospital to be EACH-certified, took part in a pilot program prior to the official launch of the program on Jan. 18, according to the Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT), based in Chicago.
Certified EHR technology is required for hospitals to qualify for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funding and to avoid future Medicare penalties. CCHIT’s EACH certification is designed for hospitals that have uncertified legacy software, customized commercial products or have developed their own EHR systems.
The EACH certification testing relies on standards and criteria developed by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and testing procedures and tools developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
CCHIT is developing a similar program for physicians and other ambulatory providers that have self-developed EHR technology, which will be launched in the second quarter of this year.
BIDMC, the first hospital to be EACH-certified, took part in a pilot program prior to the official launch of the program on Jan. 18, according to the Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT), based in Chicago.
Certified EHR technology is required for hospitals to qualify for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funding and to avoid future Medicare penalties. CCHIT’s EACH certification is designed for hospitals that have uncertified legacy software, customized commercial products or have developed their own EHR systems.
The EACH certification testing relies on standards and criteria developed by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and testing procedures and tools developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
CCHIT is developing a similar program for physicians and other ambulatory providers that have self-developed EHR technology, which will be launched in the second quarter of this year.