Eclipsys Corporation® (NASDAQ:ECLP), The Outcomes Company®, today announced that the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) has listed its PeakPractice™ solution (version 1093) a CCHIT Certified® 08 Ambulatory electronic health record (EHR), and meets the Certification Commission’s EHR criteria for office-based use. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most American’s obtain their healthcare. CCHIT—a private, nonprofit organization—is a recognized certification body in the United States for certifying health information technology products.
Eclipsys’ PeakPractice is an integrated, award-winning, .NET-based ambulatory electronic medical record (EMR)/practice management (PM) solution that includes e-prescribing, patient kiosk, supply chain management, image management and Web portals for physicians and patients. The EMR/PM solution enables practices to gain full control over both sides of their business, focusing on the financial health and operational excellence while promoting highest-quality patient care. The solution is one aspect of Eclipsys’ enterprise portfolio of offerings that support connecting community-based practices with acute-care hospital and healthcare systems.
PeakPractice will be on display at the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) 2009 Annual Conference in Denver, CO, Oct. 11-14, Eclipsys Booth No. 1739.
“Two key new areas of interoperability are required to achieve ’08 certification,” said Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D., chair, CCHIT. “First, ambulatory EHRs must be capable of advanced electronic prescribing functions so physicians can qualify for bonuses under Medicare’s new incentive program. Second, EHRs must be able to send and receive an electronic patient summary. These and other new criteria will ensure that certified health IT solutions help improve quality, safety and efficiency while protecting the privacy of health information.”
In the third year of the program’s operation, the criteria and testing have been significantly updated again to provide physicians with more assurance that certified products will meet their needs for functionality, interoperability and security. CCHIT added 19 criteria to the 200 required in 2007. Those changes were focused on the ability to exchange patient information with other systems. A CCHIT Certified 08 Ambulatory EHR ensures: