GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT®) today announced that Doctations’ DoctPatientNetwork.com v1.0106062008 is CCHIT Certified®, and meets the Commission’s ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2007. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare. CCHIT – an independent, nonprofit organization – is the Recognized Certification Body in the United States for certifying health information technology products.
In the second year of the program’s operation, the criteria and testing have been significantly enhanced. The Commission added 96 criteria to the 151 original requirements from last year. As a CCHIT Certified product, DoctPatientNetwork.com has been tested and passed inspection of 100 percent of a set of updated criteria for functionality, interoperability and security.
“For 2007, the Commission raised the bar from the previous year’s criteria. Ambulatory EHRs now must include electronic prescribing, demonstrate an ability to receive lab results, and show enhanced patient safety, quality, and security features,” said Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D., chair, CCHIT. “Investment in 2007 certified ambulatory EHRs gives providers even more powerful tools to improve quality, safety and efficiency while protecting the privacy of health information.”
The CCHIT Certified mark — a “seal of approval” for EHR products — provides the first consensus-based, government-recognized benchmark for ambulatory EHR products. By looking to products with the CCHIT Certified seal, physicians and other providers can reduce their risk in selecting an EHR product, allowing them to focus their evaluation on the special needs of their practices.
“We believe that great healthcare begins with a strong doctor/patient relationship and we are connecting doctors directly to their patients to achieve better quality medical care,” said Dr. Louis Cornacchia III, M.D., F.A.C.S., and President and CEO of Doctations, Inc. “The CCHIT certification process has become the gold standard in the industry and helps assure our physician clients that they've selected a reliable solution that has passed a thorough inspection process for functionality, interoperability and security. We believe that carrying the CCHIT seal is a validation of our deep understanding of what's required to help physicians deliver safer care while improving the efficiency of their practices. With Doctations, our physician users and their patients can take advantage of the power of collaboration while being sure that their medical records and communications are accessible and completely secure.”
CCHIT’s certification compliance criteria and its design for a certification inspection process have been thoroughly researched, taking into account the state of the art of EHRs and available standards, and comparing certification processes in other industries and other countries. The inspection process is based on real-life medical scenarios designed to test products rigorously against the clinical needs of providers and the quality and safety needs of healthcare consumers and payers. One script, for example, recreates a scenario of an elderly man with poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension and other chronic conditions in order to test EHR functions such as potential adverse drug reactions, disease management and treatment plans.
A video overview of the Doctations’ service is available at www.docpatientnetwork.com. For more information about CCHIT or certification, go to www.cchit.org.
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