MADISON, N.J., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Quest
Diagnostics (NYSE:
DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic testing,
information and services, today announced that its Care360™
Electronic Health Record (EHR), Version 2010.1, has been inspected
by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology
(CCHIT®) and is a certified EHR Module, IFR Stage 1, achieving
all 14 of the requirements applied for of the 24 requirements for
Eligible Providers published by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) in the Interim Final Rule of January 2010. The
Care360 suite of services is developed by MedPlus, Quest
Diagnostics’ health information technology subsidiary.
The preliminary program is designed to demonstrate that a
vendor’s product is well prepared to be certified once Office of
the National Coordinator (ONC) accredited testing and certification
becomes available. Interim requirements were revised with the
publication of the final rules on July 13, 2010. For the
purpose of qualifying products for American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) incentives, CCHIT anticipates but has not
yet received accreditation by ONC/HHS. Inspection information is
available at http://www.cchit.org/products.
“Our Care360 EHR certification milestone is further recognition
of Quest Diagnostics’ industry leadership in providing
interoperable, secure and modular healthcare technology solutions,”
said Richard A. Mahoney, Quest Diagnostics’ vice president of
Healthcare Information Solutions and president of its MedPlus
healthcare information technology subsidiary. “It is but one
demonstration of our unwavering commitment to empower the nation’s
physicians with relevant, easy to use, affordable technologies that
help them both improve patient care and qualify for government
incentives.”
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