Vendors

Certification is here!  If your EHR doesn't appear on the ONC "Certified Health IT Product List" then you are already behind many of your competitors.

DHIT can drive your HITECH certification and provide many of the interoperability components. We have expertise with the criteria and certification methodology used by the some of the most popular ATCB’s  – CCHIT, Drummond Group and ICSA Labs. In particular, we offer:

	A clear understanding of NIST (National Institute of Standards) requirements and the proctor’s expectations.
	Expertise in implementing solutions using health data standards including HL7, NCPDP, LOINC, SNOMED, RxNorm, CDA, CCD, and CCR.
	“Bolt on software” described on our “HITECH Tools” page.

Our experts will efficiently work with your software development team adding functionality to meet each HITECH requirement, including:

	Create and receive Clinical Information and Patient Summary Records in both CCD and CCR schemas.
	Prepare and submit the NIST test data for Immunizations, Public Health Surveillance, and Reportable Labs.
	Generate and submit ePrescribing records using NCPDP and RxNorm.
	Securely exchange electronic health data by encrypting and decrypting messages between systems and implementing secure channels of communication.

Dynamic Health IT is ready to assist you in certifying your healthcare products. We offer a practical and effective solution to meeting the requirements of HITECH certification; while at the same time expanding the functionality and value of your products.

Hospitals and Health Systems

The conventional path to HITECH certification involves purchasing and implementing a “certified” vendor EHR system and then using it in a production setting to satisfy Meaningful Use (MU) criteria.   There is another option, however, that may be quicker and less costly for your health system and Dynamic Health IT can help you achieve it.

The option is “self-certification”.  Self-certification is not just for home-grown systems but, according to ONC:

“It could also include a previously purchased Complete EHR or EHR Module which is subsequently modified by the health care provider or their contractor and where such modifications are made to capabilities addressed by certification criteria …”

In many cases, self-certification is a more cost effective, less disruptive and faster means to gain certification status. Although there is work involved in preparing for and assisting in the testing and certification, this work is typically far less than upgrading to a vendor's "certified" version of the software. The one major difference is that the health care system, not the vendor, is responsible for getting the EHR software "certified".

CCHIT, Drummond and ICSA Labs all feature self-certification options.

Dynamic Health IT is ready to assist you or even take the lead role in your self-certification process. We offer practical and effective solutions, including software addressing HITECH certification criteria which can easily be integrated with your current systems.

Certified Software

Dynamic Health IT has received official HITECH Certification of their CCDConnect 1.0 application, which designates that the software is capable of supporting providers with meaningful use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

CCDConnect 1.0, which met the requirements for EHR Inpatient modular certification, is a solution for vendors and hospitals to meet CCD/CCR requirements as well as HL7 related requirements (Public Health, Reportable Labs, and Immunization).

Check out the ONC's Certified Health IT Product listing for CCDConnect 1.0 here to see the complete listing of certified modules.

CCDConnect 1.0, will enable our vendor clients to add the application's interoperability components to their modularly certified product offerings and will provide hospitals a cost-effective solution to meeting meaningful use for modules related to exchanging HL7 messages and Clinical Documents. For hospitals, purchasing pre-certified software eliminates the need to self-certify on those modules which saves time and money.

Dynamic Health IT can provide certified software to you which will contribute to your HITECH certification solution.