NoteworthyEHR 6.0 Receives 2007 CCHIT Certification

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT(SM)) today announced that Noteworthy Medical Systems' product NoteworthyEHR 6.0 is pre-market, conditionally CCHIT Certified(SM), and meets the Commission’s ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2007. Pre-market, conditionally certified EHRs are new products that are fully certified once their operational use at a physician office site has been verified. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare. CCHIT -- an independent, nonprofit organization – is the Recognized Certification Body in the United States for certifying health information technology products.

In the second year of the program's operation, the criteria and testing have been significantly enhanced. The Commission added 96 criteria to the 151 original requirements from last year. As a CCHIT Certified product, NoteworthyEHR 6.0 has been tested and passed inspection of 100 percent of a set of updated criteria for functionality, interoperability and security.

“For 2007, the Commission raised the bar from the previous year’s criteria. Ambulatory EHRs now must include electronic prescribing, demonstrate an ability to receive lab results, and show enhanced patient safety, quality, and security features," said Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, chair, CCHIT. "Investment in 2007 certified ambulatory EHRs gives providers even more powerful tools to improve quality, safety and efficiency while protecting the privacy of health information."

The CCHIT Certified mark -- a "seal of approval" for EHR products -- provides the first consensus-based, government-recognized benchmark for ambulatory EHR products. By looking to products with the CCHIT Certified seal, physicians and other providers can reduce their risk in selecting an EHR product, allowing them to focus their evaluation on the special needs of their practices.

"We're extremely proud that NoteworthyEHR 6.0 has earned 2007 CCHIT certification. In addition to the testament of quality and safety that certification provides, practices investing in NoteworthyEHR 6.0 can be assured of a successful implementation of one of the most sophisticated, robust and easy to use systems available. NoteworthyEHR allows practices to achieve financial and quality metrics that exceed industry expectations," said Paul L. Ruflin, president and chief operating officer of Noteworthy Medical Systems, Inc.

CCHIT's certification compliance criteria and its design for a certification inspection process have been thoroughly researched, taking into account the state of the art of EHRs and available standards, and comparing certification processes in other industries and other countries.

The inspection process is based on real-life medical scenarios designed to test products rigorously against the clinical needs of providers and the quality and safety needs of healthcare consumers and payers. One script, for example, recreates a scenario of an elderly man with poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension and other chronic conditions in order to test EHR functions such as potential adverse drug reactions, disease management and treatment plans.

Source: Noteworthy Medical Systems, Inc.

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