CMIO.net presents a weekly update of the EHR products certified by the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCBs). The following EHR certifications were announced recently:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a  listserv about the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs, which will provide information about these programs, including registration and attestation updates, details about the payment process and additional information for navigating the EHR incentive programs.

This is the second installment in CMIO's exclusive web series exploring the birth of Rhode Islands statewide health information exchange (HIE), featuring the leading stakeholders and clinical perspectives on its development.

With a new investment program, Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) is funding EMR systems in community-based practices and outpatient settings throughout Canada via a $380 million fund designed to focus investment at the points of care. Canada Health Infoway is a nonprofit organization funded by the Canadian government.

McKesson is teaming with more than 25 regional extension centers in the U.S. to help physicians become meaningful users of certified EHR technology to improve primary care and qualify for federal funding.

Doctors Imaging Group in Gainesville, Fla., has selected Carestreams dual-detector DRX-Evolution wireless system for the practices DR suite.

Franciscan Health System has implemented the health information exchange (HIE) company Axolotls Elysium Image Exchange service to provide access to medical images for physicians and clinical care providers that use the Franciscan HIE.

David Blumenthal, MD, the national coordinator for health IT in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), has announced $12 million in new technical support assistance to help critical access hospitals and rural hospitals adopt and become meaningful users of certified health IT.