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CCHIT expands certification
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Dec. 18, 2006
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology announced Nov. 28 that it will begin work to expand its certification for ambulatory electronic medical records software to address the needs of different medical specialties. CCHIT is establishing a process to prioritize which specialties it will address first, with the goal of developing criteria for systems that meet the needs of two or three specialties in 2007 and additional specialties thereafter.
"CCHIT has developed an excellent set of criteria for ambulatory electronic health records. Now, we will make certification even more valuable by starting to differentiate according to the needs of specialized disciplines and settings," said Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, chair of CCHIT. The work will be funded by the Dept. of Health and Human Services.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2006/12/18/bibf1218.htm.