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Maintaining EHR certification requires planning and a budget, CTO says

Maintaining EHR certification requires planning and a budget, CTO says

Maintaining EHR certification requires planning and a budget, CTO says

Date: Aug 19, 2010

Health Level Seven International (HL7) is one of many organizations that offered comments on the proposed rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, or ONC, for establishing a temporary electronic health record (EHR) certification program. Now that the final rule is out, organizations can begin testing and certifying health IT.

Purchasing and implementing a certified EHR system is only the first step, however. In this video, John Quinn, HL7's chief technology officer, warns that maintaining EHR certification could be a disruptive process. Health IT professionals will have to plan accordingly for software updates, which may require hardware improvements. He also offers a bit of advice for smaller providers who are new to the EHR technology market.

Let us know what you think about the video; email editor@searchhealthit.com.

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