FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 23, 2006
ABELSOFT’S ABELMED PM – EMR RECEIVES CCHIT CERTIFICATION FOR EHR
Software complies with 100 percent of certification criteria
October 23, 2006 – The Certification Commission for Healthcare
Information Technology (CCHITSM) today announced that ABELSoft
Corporation is CCHIT CertifiedSM for the electronic health record
portion of its product, ABELMed PM – EMR Version 7.0 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, ABELMed PM – EMR has been tested and
passed inspection of 100 percent of a comprehensive set of criteria for:
- functionality (ability to create and manage electronic
records for all patients, as well as automating workflow in a
physician’s office),
- interoperability (a first step in the ability to receive and send electronic data to other entities such as laboratories), and
- security (ability to keep patients’ information safe).
The CCHIT Certified mark — a “seal of approval” for EHR products —
provides the first consensus-based, consistent benchmark for ambulatory
products. By looking for 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.”
“ABELSoft specializes in providing software, training and support
to thousands of medical and dental offices in North America,” said Arun
Rele, President and CEO. “With our longevity, stability and sizable
customer base, we remain at the forefront of the medical software
industry and we continue to deliver personalized service that meets the
needs of today’s physicians in the USA.”
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 ABELSoft Corporation and ABELMed PM - EMR
Established in
1977, ABELSoft specializes in providing cost-effective software
solutions that save time and enhance revenue. A Microsoft Gold Partner,
we provide thousands of medical and dental offices in North America
with software, training and 24/7 telephone support with live answering
during our regular business hours. ABELSoft is large enough to be at
the forefront of the medical software industry and yet small enough to
provide personalized service that meets the needs of today’s physicians.
ABELMed PM - EMR software is easy to learn and use and has the
flexibility to adapt to established workflows. Using the latest
Microsoft technologies, it delivers comprehensive clinical and practice
management functionality that includes the capability to create
encounters using voice dictation, typing, mouse clicks or Tablet PC
handwriting recognition, prescription writing with interaction alerts,
document storage, inter-office communications and more.
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. “CCHITSM” and “CCHIT CertifiedSM are service marks of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology.
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