Certification Bodies Named

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) and the Drummond Group are the first to be named as Accredited Temporary Certifying Bodies by the Office of the National Coordinator. We can now expect vendors to apply for certification and we can expect the certifying bodies to develop their “testing scripts” for Stage One meaningful use. These scripts will help vendors understand what functionality they must have and demonstrate during their certification test process. We had expected CCHIT to be one of the first approved certifying bodies. There may be several more named in the coming months.