ONC Posts Updates on Health IT Certification Transparency

Updates to certified health IT product list now involve the details about the costs and limitations of their implementation and utilization.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is beginning to make good on its promise to increase transparency of information on certified EHR technology and health IT systems.

Before the beginning of the 2^nd day of its annual meeting, the federal agency declared the updates to its certified health IT product list (CHPL) to involve disclosures of information — costs and limitations related to implementing and using various certified technology.

“These new attempts to provide more and easier-to-understand information are critical to helping clinicians find the right tools to provide better care and make better the health of their patients,” said National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, said in a public statement Wednesday.

“This information and our new websites," she sustained, "will make the process of comparing and buying certified health IT simpler and better, discourage information blocking, and create clear incentives for developers to focus on the quality and usability of their products."