What is Next on the Agenda – Meaningful CCHIT After December

It may be a while before meaningful use gets its full authority and I do hope they included medical devices in the interpretation too. What devices and their reporting data is meaningful? CCHIT has the authority to certify according to the news today until the end of the year. BD

The National Alliance for Health Information Technology Is Ceasing Operation.

About NAHIT
”The National Alliance for Health Information Technology is a senior leadership organization dedicated to leveraging the power of health information technology to dramatically improve the U.S. health care system. Drawing on the talents and experience of top executives from all sectors of health care, NAHIT identifies and develops strategies and best practices that empower hospitals, health systems and clinicians to effectively invest in and use electronic health records and other information technology. We accelerate progress by forging consensus among key decision-makers across health care that resolves critical issues impeding the widespread adoption of health information technology. NAHIT is a co-founder of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) and founder of the Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition, now part of GS1 Healthcare US. For more information, visit www.nahit.org.”

As reformers feared, the advisory committee of NCHIT David Blumenthal’s HITECH advisory panel has thrown CCHIT a bone, suggesting it retain the sole power to certify gear as meeting government standards through December.

CCHIT will be sole Health IT Certifier, for now, headlined Government Health IT, but there may be less to this than meets the eye.

Blumenthal committee throws CCHIT a bone | ZDNet Healthcare | ZDNet.com

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