ANSI to Accredit Permanent EHR Certifiers
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has selected the American National Standards Institute as the ONC-Approved Accreditor under the permanent electronic health records certification program anticipated to start in 2012.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has selected the American National Standards Institute as the ONC-Approved Accreditor under the permanent electronic health records certification program anticipated to start in 2012.
ANSI will accredit organizations wishing to be a health I.T. certification body. ANSI will serve a three-year term and can be reselected following another competitive selection process.
Once an entity is accredited by the ONC-AA, it then can apply to ONC to become an ONC-Authorized Certification Body, or ONC-ACB. ONC anticipates the permanent program will have approximately six ONC-ACBs.
Certification bodies operating under the temporary program must go through the same processes as other entities to become a certifier under the permanent program. Selected ONC-ACBs must renew their status every three years.
ANSI will accredit organizations wishing to be a health I.T. certification body. ANSI will serve a three-year term and can be reselected following another competitive selection process.
Once an entity is accredited by the ONC-AA, it then can apply to ONC to become an ONC-Authorized Certification Body, or ONC-ACB. ONC anticipates the permanent program will have approximately six ONC-ACBs.
Certification bodies operating under the temporary program must go through the same processes as other entities to become a certifier under the permanent program. Selected ONC-ACBs must renew their status every three years.