ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
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number <strong>of</strong> previously CCHIT-certified-EHRs; 2) that the subsequent resources needed to<br />
market and promote Certified EHR Technology may not be available at the present time;<br />
and 3) that some previously CCHIT-certified-EHRs will be tested and certified as EHR<br />
Modules rather than Complete EHRs. Given these assumptions, we have estimated the<br />
number <strong>of</strong> previously CCHIT-certified-EHRs that will be prepared to be tested and<br />
certified will be 65 and 15, ambulatory and inpatient, respectively. We also believe it is<br />
reasonable to assume that <strong>of</strong> these 65 and 15, some will require more preparation than<br />
others (i.e., we assume that some EHRs that were previously CCHIT-certified will<br />
include more capabilities than what they had when CCHIT originally tested and certified<br />
them, and they may consequently be able to more easily meet the <strong>certification</strong> criteria<br />
adopted by the Secretary). Based on this assumption, we have created low and high<br />
ranges for the costs to prepare previously CCHIT-certified ambulatory and inpatient<br />
EHRs.<br />
In creating our low and high ranges for the tables below, we assumed based on<br />
our analysis <strong>of</strong> previously developed and required CCHIT <strong>certification</strong> criteria that<br />
certain capabilities (e.g., the capability to maintain a medication list) will have been<br />
widely implemented and deployed in HIT so that there will be little or no need to modify<br />
Complete EHRs or EHR Modules for <strong>certification</strong>. We also assumed that the<br />
<strong>certification</strong> criteria adopted by the Secretary range from relatively simple capabilities<br />
(e.g., recording a patient’s smoking status) to more sophisticated capabilities (e.g.,<br />
clinical decision support). As a result, we have made a general assumption that the costs<br />
to prepare Complete EHRs and EHR Modules to be tested and certified will vary<br />
depending on a number <strong>of</strong> factors including, but not limited to, whether the Complete<br />
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