SYRACUSE — Inforia, Inc., a Syracuse–based provider of electronic health records (EHR) technology to medical practices, recently announced that its CaregiverDesktop EHR software recently passed “rigorous” 2014 certification testing by Drummond Group, a global software test and certification lab. The certification ensures that health-care providers using CaregiverDesktop will renew their eligibility to demonstrate “meaningful use” […]
SYRACUSE — Inforia, Inc., a Syracuse–based provider of electronic health records (EHR) technology to medical practices, recently announced that its CaregiverDesktop EHR software recently passed “rigorous” 2014 certification testing by Drummond Group, a global software test and certification lab.
The certification ensures that health-care providers using CaregiverDesktop will renew their eligibility to demonstrate “meaningful use” to qualify for federal stimulus money of up to $24,000 over the next three years, Inforia said in a news release.
“My staff and I are thrilled on behalf of our customers and their patients that our months of programming and testing have led not only to 2014 certification, but to a version of our best-in-class CaregiverDesktop software that sets us apart from other companies in this marketplace,” Karen S. Goetz, president and CEO of Inforia, said in the release.
Drummond Group’s Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Certification program determined on June 26, that Inforia’s CaregiverDesktop Version 7.0 is compliant with criteria adopted by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Compliance with difficult standards is a key component of the federal government’s push to improve clinical-care delivery nationally through the adoption and effective use of EHRs by health-care providers, according to the Inforia release.
However, certification by Drummond Group does not represent an endorsement by HHS or guarantee that medical providers will receive incentive payments, Inforia noted. Physicians and other eligible providers must show that they are “meaningfully using” their certified EHR technology by meeting certain measurement thresholds that range from recording patient information as structured data to exchanging summary care records.
