CCHIT Certifies First Group of EHRs

CHICAGO – The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology announced today the first group of products certified for use with the proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("ARRA") incentive requirements.

None of the offerings appear to be from major EHR vendors.  The products announced Tuesday as certified in the Preliminary ARRA 2011 program are:

• eHealth Made EASY, version 3, by eHealth Made EASY, LLC, supporting two of 27 meaningful use objectives for eligible providers and two of 24 objectives for hospitals.
• KIS Track, version 5.1, by Kaulkin Information Systems, supporting two of 27 objectives for eligible providers.
• Medios, version 4.5, by IOS Health Systems, supporting all 27 objectives for eligible providers.