It's the news we've been waiting for since June, when the Healthcare IT Policy Committee recommended that there be multiple entities that certify EHRs for compliance with federal "meaningful use" standards: A group has come forward to say it may compete with the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology.
The Drummond Group, Inc., an interoperability testing lab based in Austin, Texas, has expressed interest in expanding its testing programs to include EHRs, Healthcare IT News reports.
This is potentially great news for lightweight EMR vendors, like my consulting customer Cielo Medsolutions, whose product Cielo Clinic is very close to fitting the bill for the ARRA "Meaningful Use" criteria. The cost of certification has been prohibitive, and a more competitive certification environment will benefit them and others like them.
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