FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 5, 2011
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Ted Dave
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January 5, 2011 – Integrated Systems Management Inc announced today that OmniMD™ EHR, Version 11.0 is 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a Complete EHR on January 4, 2011 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable (eligible provider) certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 2011/2012 criteria support the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

According to Divan Dave, CEO, of OmniMD™ “This certification is another step in our commitment to provide providers with intuitive, easy-to-use, affordable technologies that help them improve patient care, reduce their costs and qualify for government incentives”.

The ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that Complete EHRs meet all of the 2011/2012 criteria and EHR Modules meet one or more – but not all – of the criteria approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for either eligible provider or hospital technology.

“CCHIT is pleased to be testing and certifying products so that companies are now able to offer these products to providers who wish to purchase and implement certified EHR technology and achieve meaningful use in time for the 2011-2012 incentives,” said Karen M. Bell, M.D., M.S.S., Chair, CCHIT.

OmniMD™ EHR, Version 11.0 certification number is CC-1112-484340-1. ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification conferred by CCHIT does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nor does it guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

The clinical quality measures to which OmniMD™ has been certified include:

NQF 0421 - Adult Weight Screening & Follow-Up
NQF 0013 - Hypertension: Blood Pressure Measurement
NQF 0028 - Tobacco Use Assessment and Cessation
NQF 0041 - Influenza Immunization
NQF 0024 - Weight Assessment and Counseling
NQF 0038 - Childhood Immunization Status
NQF 0034 - Colorectal Cancer Screening
NQF 0043 - Pneumonia Vaccination Status
NQF 0067 - CAD: Oral Antiplatelet Therapy
NQF 0084 - Heart Failure: Warfarin Therapy

OmniMD™ EHR Version 11.0 is also certified in CCHIT’s separate and independently developed certification program. OmniMD™ Version 11.0 is a pre-market CCHIT Certified® 2011, Ambulatory EHR. Integrated Systems Management Inc. has certified its EHR technology in both programs to provide greater assurance to its customers.

About Integrated Systems Management, Inc

Founded in 2000, OmniMD™ integrated Electronic Health Records and Practice Management (PMS) products and services, offers unparalleled reliability, ease-of-use, efficiency and customizability. OmniMD™ Ambulatory EHR has also earned a designation as a pre-market CCHIT 2011 Certification with the highest 5 Star Usability Rating ensuring OmniMD™ commitment to have a comprehensive, secure, scalable, intuitive and interoperable EHR system. OmniMD™ Ambulatory EHR Version 11.0 is CCHIT 2011 Pre-Market Certified, web-enabled and support devices ranging from Tablet PCs to Smart phones. OmniMD™ offers a comprehensive set of services such as Health Transcriptions, Document Management, Patient Portal, Patient Reminder and Eligibility Verification as part of an integrated solution under one roof helping practices to effectively addressing their financial, administrative, clinical, and regulatory needs. OmniMD™ Ambulatory EHR Version 11.0 is built as a true Software as a Service solution.  It can be deployed as an Enterprise or a Subscription based Service as per the practice requirements.  OmniMD™ is designed to exceed the present and future needs of the healthcare industry. OmniMD™ is robust, scalable, interoperable, secure, intuitive and customizable with rapid deployment model. OmniMD™ EHR has also achieved Surescripts® Gold Solution Provider status, which allows for interoperability with the nation’s community pharmacies - improving the safety, efficiency and quality of the prescribing process. Gold Solution Provider status is granted to vendors whose software products have surpassed Surescripts’ baseline product certification, by demonstrating a higher level of commitment to e-prescribing, enhanced security, excellent customer support and service. OmniMD™ is a division of Integrated Systems Management, Inc. – ISM Inc. - (www.ismnet.com) a leader in Software Development and Information Technology Consulting since 1989.

About CCHIT

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) is an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the public mission of accelerating the adoption of robust, interoperable health information technology.  The Commission has been certifying electronic health record technology since 2006 and is approved by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as an Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB).  More information on CCHIT, CCHIT Certified® products and ONC-ATCB certified electronic health record technology is available at http://cchit.org.

About ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification

The ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that EHR technology is capable of meeting the 2011/2012 criteria approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). The certifications include Complete EHRs, which meet all of the 2011/2012 criteria for either eligible provider or hospital technology and EHR Modules, which meet one or more – but not all – of the criteria. ONC-ATCB certification aligns with Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology published in the Federal Register in July 2010 and strictly adheres to the test procedures published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at the time of testing.   ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification conferred by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nor does it guarantee the receipt of incentive payments.

“CCHIT®” and “CCHIT Certified®” are registered trademarks of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology.

It was inevitable, given the short timeline and the apparent seat-of-the-pants nature of the rulemaking process, but CMS is preparing a guidance document intended to clarify several details and fix some inconsistencies in the final Stage 1 rule for meaningful use of EMR.

At last week’s meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee’s workgroup on meaningful use, Tony Trenkle, director of the CMS Office of e-Health Standards and Services, said the guidance will provide more detail on the objectives and measures in the rule and “should help clarify issues and help the [committee] plan for recommendations for future stages,” Government Health IT reports. The clarifications should be out “shortly,” Trenkle promised.

Meanwhile, the workgroup is looking ahead to Stage 2 of meaningful use, 2013-14, which will have higher thresholds of compliance than Stage 1, while trying not to deter hospitals and physicians from adopting EMRs. “We want to pay particular attention to smaller practices and hospitals,” workgroup chair Dr. Paul Tang said, according to Government Health IT. “We want to raise the tides but not sink the boats.”

For the next stage, the workgroup likely will attempt to find a happy medium between the initial standards for 2011-12 and the more rigorous requirements for Stage 3, which is set to begin in 2015. For example, Stage 1 requires physicians to write 30 percent of their prescriptions electronically and federal officials ultimately would like to see a 90 percent e-prescribing rate, so expect the Stage 2 standard to be 60 percent.

The Health IT Policy Committee would like to take some of the reporting burden off of providers, so Stage 2 probably will call for EMRs to have more standard and coded data for easier extraction. “”We hope that they are capturing the information as part of patient care and not a separate activity,” Tang said.

Expect the workgroup to have Stage 2 recommendations ready for public consumption by October, and to seek comments on its preliminary plan in December.

Source       :         http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/cms-developing-meaningful-use-guidance-remove-contradictions/2010-09-27?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Changes in Stark laws allow hospitals to offer EMR-implementation subsidies to physicians. Physicians can also tap into federal stimulus money for EMRs. How will the two funding options converge?

By Pamela Lewis Dolan, amednews staff.

Availability of government stimulus money, combined with hospitals being allowed to finance portions of physicians’ electronic medical record systems, could make EMR adoption a veritable bargain. Or the stimulus money could make hospital systems less eager to help pay for your EMR, figuring that government funds will instead.

Either way, the possibility of combining two avenues of EMR funding has added a twist to the economic picture for physicians deciding what, when and whether to buy.

Doctors can get a maximum of $44,000 in funds from the federal economic stimulus package for adopting a certified EMR system that meets the government’s “meaningful use” standards. How much physicians get in stimulus funds will be based on the percentage of their practice that is made up of Medicare or Medicaid patients. Hospitals can get their own share of stimulus funds, but the amount depends on how they’re connected with physicians.

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By Neil Versel

The Health Resources and Services Administration is allocating some of its $2 billion in federal stimulus funding to help safety-net healthcare providers purchase EMRs and other health IT. This week, the HHS agency awarded $27.8 million in grants to 27 organizations that serve low-income and uninsured populations. The majority of the money–$22.6 million, covering 18 grants–will go toward EMR implementation projects. Another five of the grants are meant to help organizations that already have EMRs use their systems to improve patient outcomes, while others will go toward health information exchange.

“The grants make sure that our most vulnerable citizens will benefit from health information technology,” national health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal says. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will coordinate the awards alongside the $1.2 billion ONC is allocating to state-level health information exchange and health IT extension centers.

Above article published on

http://www.fierceemr.com/story/hrsa-grants-will-support-emrs-safety-net-clinics/2009-10-01#ixzz0TiERtHS7