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2 responses to "ONC to Meet with Potential CCHIT Alternatives"

1. # George L. commented on August 2nd, 2009:

   I hope they come up with some alternative cerifying bodies. It seems that CCHIT is trying to accommodate the new playing field with modular certification but they are still very expensive and I still don’t understand why it is so tough to certify an EMR. It either has the functionality and connectivity or it does not! It seems simple.

   CCHIT has too many inside connections to the big guys and still takes too much money from them. They are bloated and overpriced and, in my opinion, not necessary.

   I will do the certifying and only charge $1000. If I do one per day, I could do them all by next year at this time and make $365,000 for myself!!! Not bad!

2. # John commented on August 2nd, 2009:

   George L.,
   I’m not sure if you’ve read it or not, but CCHIT has been basically marginalized into a certifying body and not an EMR certification criteria creator. HHS will be doing the EMR certification criteria at least for purposes of ARRA EHR stimulus money. You can read more about it: http://www.emrandhipaa.com/tag/cchit/

   I think this means that others will probably step in and certify according to the HHS EHR certification criteria as well.