Four New EHR Certifications

Four electronic health records software vendors in recent days have announced certification of specific versions of products meeting meaningful use requirements.


Four electronic health records software vendors in recent days have announced certification of specific versions of products meeting meaningful use requirements.

"Complete EHR" certification means a product meets all inpatient or ambulatory requirements; "EHR Module" certification means an ancillary system meets a subset of requirements. The new certifications are:

* NaviNet's EMR1.0 as an ambulatory Complete EHR; and Prescribe 2.6 as an EHR Module, from the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology;

* MedAZ.net's Version 110101.001as an ambulatory Complete EHR; and Version 110111.000 as an inpatient Complete EHR, both from InfoGard Laboratories;

* Askesis Development Group's PsychConsult Provider 7.0.1 as an EHR Module, by CCHIT; and

* Clarkson Eyecare's Grow EMR 1.6.1 as an ambulatory Complete EHR from Drummond Group.

--Joseph Goedert