Comments on: Does CCHIT Really Matter? http://www.ehrscope.com/does-cchit-really-matter EHR, EMR and PHR Information Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:40:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Politico http://www.ehrscope.com/does-cchit-really-matter/comment-page-1#comment-56 Politico Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:11:19 +0000 http://ehrscope.com/blog/?p=56#comment-56 I certainly agree that a program does not need to be CCHIT certified to be a great program, nor to be a successful product. However, CCHIT may make sense if you're hoping to have your hospital pay for your EMR (or at least for 85% of it). The Stark exemption can be interpreted as allowing hospitals to provide for up to 85% of the cost of the EMR software for certified EMRs, AKA CCHIT certified EMRs. It wouldn't be a proper conclusion to state that no CCHIT certified EMRs are viable. However, of those EMRs that are certified at least it can be said that they had a lot of extra cash available to allow them to devote the programming resources required to become certified. I certainly agree that a program does not need to be CCHIT certified to be a great program, nor to be a successful product.

However, CCHIT may make sense if you’re hoping to have your hospital pay for your EMR (or at least for 85% of it).

The Stark exemption can be interpreted as allowing hospitals to provide for up to 85% of the cost of the EMR software for certified EMRs, AKA CCHIT certified EMRs.

It wouldn’t be a proper conclusion to state that no CCHIT certified EMRs are viable. However, of those EMRs that are certified at least it can be said that they had a lot of extra cash available to allow them to devote the programming resources required to become certified.

]]> By: ICMCC Newspage » Blog Archive » Does CCHIT Really Matter? http://www.ehrscope.com/does-cchit-really-matter/comment-page-1#comment-55 ICMCC Newspage » Blog Archive » Does CCHIT Really Matter? Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:54:28 +0000 http://ehrscope.com/blog/?p=56#comment-55 [...] physicians to think that any CCHIT-certified EMR will provide quality and functionality.” Article Ryan Ricks, EMR Blog, 6 January [...] [...] physicians to think that any CCHIT-certified EMR will provide quality and functionality.” Article Ryan Ricks, EMR Blog, 6 January [...]

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