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HIT Certification: BackgroundWith the emergence of health information technology (health IT) and the demonstrated benefits of the electronic management of health information, purchasers and other users of health IT systems need to be assured that the systems that will:
Health IT certification can provide this assurance, increasing confidence that healthcare professionals have in health IT systems when they make purchase decisions and confidence that consumers have that their information is secure and appropriately available. Confidence in health IT systems is an important part of advancing their adoption and allowing for the realization of the benefits of the national health IT agenda. To accomplish these goals, Health IT certification has established a public-private process to develop specific criteria for health IT systems and to then rigorously evaluate systems to establish that they truly meet these criteria for:
Certification ensures that healthcare professionals can use health IT on a daily basis to improve the quality of their daily work. Certified health IT products will help reduce the risks of health IT investment by healthcare professionals and help advance the national IT agenda. |
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