InfoGard Laboratories, the nation’s first accredited IT security testing laboratory, is approved by the Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT as an ONC-Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) for the certification of Complete EHRs and EHR Modules for both ambulatory and inpatient settings. –Source
And now there are three official ONC-ATCB for EMR vendors looking to get their EHR software certified. Looks like InfoGard has been doing NIST certifications for a long time now and EHR certification will just be another certification for them.
Info Gard will be the third officially approved ONC-ATCB alongside Drummond Group and CCHIT which were announced previously. There’s also been rumors that Weno Healthcare is trying to become an ONC-ATCB as well.
Maybe I’m just missing it, but I wasn’t able to find other details on InfoGard’s EHR certification plans, pricing, and timeline. If someone else finds it, please let me know. It’s a little disappointing that their press release didn’t include a link to this type of information like Drummond Group and CCHIT did.
It wasn’t just you John, I was also dissapointed not to find any info on it either: the press release appeared to be the only thing on their site having to do with EHRs. I sent an email to them asking for details, but reading HISPractice this morning it appears Inga will probably beat me to the punch of finding anything out.
Michelle,
Don’t be so sure. They might like you better. Although, Inga and Mr. HISTalk do a great job.
Looks like Inga and I got the same email yesterday: InfoGard is in a probation period this week, and will provide more information and begin taking applicants next week.
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