Six systems join CCHIT EACH-certified roster

Jeff Byers | | Health Exec | EMR/EHR
Six healthcare systems now have certified complete or modular EHRs under the Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) EHR Alternative Certification for Healthcare Providers (EACH) program, which indicates that legacy EHR technology can meet criteria for meaningful use.

Joining Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which received Complete EHR certification under the program earlier this year, are the following providers:
  • Health Management Associates (Naples, Fla.): Modular EHR
  • New York University Langone Medical Center (New York City): Complete EHR
  • Northwestern University (Chicago): Modular EHR
  • Tenet Healthsystem Medical (Dallas): Modular EHR
  • University of North Carolina HealthCare (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Complete EHR

The EACH certification program is designed for healthcare providers that have already installed uncertified software, use customized commercial products or have developed their own EHR systems, according to Chicago-based CCHIT. The EACH certification testing relies on standards and criteria developed by the Office the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and testing procedures and tools developed for ONC by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The program is open to any healthcare provider that can't rely solely on vendor certification to meet the requirements of possessing certified EHR technology to support meaningful use, CCHIT stated.

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