Noteworthy Medical System's NoteworthyEHR Receives CCHIT Certification
Software complies with 100 percent of certification criteria
CLEVELAND, OH (October 23, 2006) — The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT℠) today announced that Noteworthy Medical Systems is CCHIT Certified℠ for its product NoteworthyEHR 5.4 and meets CCHIT ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2006. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare. CCHIT is a Recognized Certification Body in the United States for certifying health information technology — an independent, non-profit organization that sets the benchmark for electronic health records.
As a CCHIT Certified product, NoteworthyEHR 5.4 has been tested and passed inspection of 100 percent of a comprehensive set of criteria for:
The CCHIT Certified mark — a "seal of approval" for EHR products — provides the first consensus-based, consistent benchmark for ambulatory products. By looking to products with the CCHIT Certified seal, physicians and other providers can be assured they are making a reliable investment and insurers and other payers know the products meet expected industry standards.
"Physicians who purchase certified products have the assurance that they have been reviewed by a panel of judges, including practicing physicians, and that they are being evaluated against standards set by professionals in the field and successfully piloted with products from large and small companies," said Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D., chair, CCHIT. "The quality and safety of EHR products can now be measured using certification criteria that were developed specifically for that purpose."
"We're extremely proud that NoteworthyEHR has earned CCHIT certification. It's a testament to the quality of our product and validation that ours is one of the most sophisticated, robust and easy to use systems available. Physicians can now feel more confident investing in NoteworthyEHR knowing it's an investment in the heightened and long-term success of their practice," said Larry Dolin, president and chief executive officer of Noteworthy Medical Systems, Inc. "We are confident that we will continue to meet the standard as CCHIT requirements grow more stringent in 2007 and beyond."
The goals of CCHIT product certification are to reduce the risk of HIT investment by physicians and other providers; ensure interoperability of HIT products; enhance the availability of HIT adoption incentives from purchasers and payers; and protect the privacy of personal health information.
CCHIT's certification compliance criteria and its design for a certification inspection process have been thoroughly researched, taking into account the state of the art of EHRs and available standards, and comparing certification processes in other industries and other countries. The inspection process is based on real-life medical scenarios designed to test products rigorously against the clinical needs of providers and the quality and safety needs of healthcare consumers and payers. One script, for example, recreates a scenario of an elderly man with poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension and other chronic conditions in order to test EHR functions such as potential adverse drug reactions, disease management and treatment plans.
About Noteworthy Medical Systems, Inc.
Noteworthy Medical Systems, Inc., is a privately-held company founded in 1997 that produces the market's only electronic health record (EHR) system with zero failures and 100% provider adoption. NoteworthyEHR, exclusively featuring Intelligent Template Technology™, is a complete point of care documentation, charge capture and decision support system adaptable to any specialty with any practice management system. NoteworthyEHR is in the Top 40 list of recommended EHRs by “Physicians EHR” and has two HIMSS Davies Award-winning clients to its credit. For more information, contact Christine Brock at 800.224.9740 or visit www.noteworthyehr.com.
About CCHIT
CCHIT was founded in 2004 with support from three leading industry associations in healthcare information management and technology — The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and The National Alliance for Health Information Technology (Alliance). In September 2005, CCHIT was awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop, create prototypes for, and evaluate the certification criteria and inspection process for EHRs and the networks through which they interoperate. More information on CCHIT and a list of CCHIT Certified products is available at www.cchit.org.
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