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For its voluntary Pediatric Health IT Certification Program, it's piloting with NextGen, Office Practicum and PCC to help finalize test scripts.

Vendors participating in an initiative to improve the accuracy of immunization data sharing between public and private healthcare organizations include an interface engine and billing tools.

The company claims to be the first scanner manufacturer to offer third-party certification that its products are interoperable.

Carefluence OpenAPI proved to be compliant with Office of the National Coordinator criteria by using the FHIR standard. The application programming interface also can used with EHRs for open access.

HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell has named new members to both the Health Information Technology Standards Committee and the Health Information Technology Policy Committee.

When it comes to the topic of meaningful use, Colin Banas, MD, is driven by fear. And he's far from being the only one.

A number of vendors have had to go through several certification trials to meet the meaningful use requirements. And after a sharp drop in vendors attempting to certify their EHRs or modules earlier this year, the certification bodies are now starting to see more activity.

On February 24, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) published its proposed rule for the certification of electronic health records.

Drummond Group Inc. submitted documentation to the DEA last week for its electronic prescribing of controlled substances certification process. Pending approval, officials say Drummond will provide ePCS certification to healthcare software companies with the capability of e‐prescribing controlled substances.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has named electronic prescribing network provider Surescripts as an organization that can test and approve certain electronic health records modules, bringing to a total of six the groups authorized under ONC's temporary certification program.