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CCHIT restructures its workgroups, seeks volunteers
EHR Connection, April 23, 2007
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is restructuring its volunteer workgroups and recruiting additional staff to expanded certification programs for 2008.
Under the new structure, a new EHR foundation workgroup will address universal EHR requirements applicable to all settings.
The current workgroups addressing office-based (ambulatory) and hospital-based (inpatient) criteria will continue to focus on the requirements specific to those two settings, supplemented by a third workgroup developing criteria for emergency department systems. Another new group will develop certification criteria for health information networks--the third phase of the commission's contract with HHS.
Besides those five work groups, there will be five new "expert panels" that will concentrate on security, privacy, interoperability, and the new expansion areas of children's healthcare and cardiovascular medicine.
To support this goal, the Certification Commission will offer two types of volunteer roles: membership in "sustaining work groups," which are similar to the current volunteer model, or a position on the new expert panels to address specialized issues in depth.
Today, CCHIT is hosting a teleconference to discuss details about the new work group structure. Go to www.cchit.org for more information.
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