Thursday 2 February 2012

ONC Certified EMR



ONC stands for Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act directs Office of National Coordinator to promote the meaningful use of EHR technology nationwide. Under the program, firstly to be an ONC-ATCB, the applicants need to pass through certain criteria.

Currently, the six organizations recognized by ONC as ATCBs are:

    * CCHIT
    * Drummond Group
    * InfoGard Laboratories Inc.
    * SLI Global Solutions
    * ICSA Labs
    * Surescripts LLC

And why should the healthcare provider choose ONC certified EMR tested product? It is beneficial for any provider under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive program to claim their incentives of adopting the healthcare technology. It would provide confidence to the physicians in the capabilities of the product that they plan to adopt.

ONC with its "ONC certified EMR" of meaningful use is tremendously supporting the nation's move towards secured and functional exchange of healthcare information, benefiting both the technology provider and the healthcare provider.

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