Hi Oliver, They are about 2 years into the program.
They are also about 1 year into certifying hospital systems. Now that they have 40+ systems certified (at $US28,000 per time) I reckon they will survive. The US Health IT strategy depends on it - so if needed you can be sure a few more million will flow. Cheers David ---- Dr David G More MB, PhD, FACHI Phone +61-2-9438-2851 Fax +61-2-9906-7038 Skype Username : davidgmore E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HealthIT Blog - www.aushealthit.blogspot.com On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:10:27 +1030, Oliver Frank wrote: > David More wrote: >> Hi Oliver, >> >> If you want to know how it can be done properly for ambulatory care (i.e. GP >> and specialists) I suggest you browse www.cchit.org. They have it sorted for >> the US and it is pretty impressive how they plan to move forward I reckon. >> >> Pity GP systems is not a focus for NEHTA so this could be replicated here. >> Imagine if there was a decent standard for functionality and interoperability >> that Australian providers had to meet. They might not be all that supportive >> of such a sensible move I fear as it might cost a few $$ and so on. >> > > http://www.cchit.org/physicians/overview.htm > > tells us: > > "CCHIT is the recognized certification authority in the United States for EHR > products - an independent, private-sector organization that sets the Gold > Standard for EHRs." > > I hope that I never hear that overworked expression 'gold standard' used > again, because its orginal meaning is no longer known by most people. > > Their PDF: "Physician's Guide: CCHIT Certification for Ambulatory Electronic > Health Records 2006" > > tells us: > > "CCHIT was founded by the American Health > Information Management Association, > the Healthcare Information and Management > Systems Society and the National Alliance > for Health Information Technology. > The U.S. Department of Health and Human > Services (HHS) awarded CCHIT a three-year > contract to develop and test certification > criteria and manage an inspection process > for certifying EHRs. At the end of the > contract, CCHIT will transition to a selfsustaining > certification agency." > > So they have three years of federal government money to kick start the > process, then it has to become self-funding. David, do you know when their three > years of government funding will be up? > > "CCHIT works in collaboration with the > American Health Information Community, > the Department of Commerce's National > Institute of Standard and Technology, and > with several other organizations awarded > HHS contracts to harmonize standards, > develop prototypes for a national health > information network architecture, and assess > privacy and security laws and practices. > The work of CCHIT has been endorsed by a > number of physician professional organizations, > including: > - The American Academy of Family Physicians" > > OK, so their equivalent of the RACGP is supporting it. Good. > > Let's also go for three years of government funding for an organisation > indepenedent of government, run by the profession and software industry jointly. > Maybe we can save some time and money by using or adapting some of the > standards that CCHIT has developed for GP computer systems in the US, keeping in mind > the very different way that medical practice is organised and funded there.
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