SpringCharts EHR 2011 has been certified as meeting the specifications for a Complete Ambulatory EHR as defined by the National Coordinator for Health IT in the Health and Human Services department. The testing and certification was performed by InfoGard Laboratories, an Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB). SpringCharts EHR 2011 was tested and certified to all General Criteria (§170.302.a - §170.302.v), Ambulatory Criteria (§170.304.a - §170.304.j), and the following Ambulatory Clinical Quality Measures (per §170.304.j): NQF 0013, NQF 0024, NQF 0028, NQF 0038, NQF 0041, NQF 0421, NQF 0059, NQF 0061, and NQF 0064.
Note: ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nor does it guarantee the receipt of incentive payments. The certification number assigned to SpringCharts EHR 2011 is: IG-2444-11-0037 (issued March 9, 2011).
As an ONC-ATCB certified product, SpringCharts EHR 2011 has been tested and passed inspection of 100 percent of a comprehensive set of criteria including the 15 Core Measures and the 10 Menu Set Measures:
Eligible Professional Core Measures (EP must meet all core measures)
1. Use computerized provider order entry (CPOE) for medication orders directly entered by any licensed healthcare professional who can enter orders into the medical record per state, local and professional guidelines.
2. Implement drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checks.
3. Maintain an up-to-date problem list of current and active diagnoses.
4. Generate and transmit permissible prescriptions electronically (eRx).
5. Maintain active medication list.
6. Maintain active medication allergy list.
7. Record all of the following demographics:
A. Preferred language.
B. Gender.
C. Race.
D. Ethnicity.
E. Date of birth.
8. Record and chart changes in the following vital signs:
A. Height.
B. Weight.
C. Blood pressure.
D. Calculate and display body mass index (BMI).
E. Plot and display growth charts for children 2-20 years, including BMI.
9. Record smoking status for patients 13 years old or older.
10. Report ambulatory clinical quality measures to CMS or, in the case of Medicaid EPs, the States.
11. Implement one clinical decision support rule relevant to specialty or high clinical priority along with the ability to track compliance with that rule.
12. Provide patients with an electronic copy of their health information (including diagnostics test results, problem list, medication lists, medication allergies) upon request.
13. Provide clinical summaries for patients for each office visit.
14. Capability to exchange key clinical information (for example, problem list, medication list, allergies, and diagnostic test results), among providers of care and patient authorized entities electronically.
15. Protect electronic health information created or maintained by the certified EHR technology through the implementation of appropriate technical capabilities.
Eligible Professional Menu Set Measures (EP can choose any 5 Menu Set Measures)
1. Implement drug formulary checks.
2. Incorporate clinical lab-test results into EHR as structured data.
3. Generate patient lists by specific conditions to use for quality improvement, reduction of disparities, research, or outreach.
4. Send patient reminders per patient preference for preventive/follow-up care.
5. Provide patients with timely electronic access to their health information (including lab results, problem list, medication lists, and allergies) within 4 business days of the information being available to the EP.
6. Use certified EHR technology to identify patient-specific education resources and provide those resources to the patient if appropriate.
7. The EP who receives a patient from another setting of care or provider of care or believes an encounter is relevant should perform medication reconciliation.
8. The EP who transitions their patient to another setting of care or provider of care or refers their patient to another provider of care should provide summary care record for each transition of care or referral.
9. Capability to submit electronic data to immunization registries or immunization information systems and actual submission according to applicable law and practice.
10. Capability to submit electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies and actual submission according to applicable law and practice.
From its very inception, SpringCharts EHR has been distinguished in the medical market place for its ease-of-use, intuitive style, and great financials. The focus of SpringCharts is not on the installing, mastering, and maintaining of a complicated system; rather a straightforward, uncomplicated design to work the way busy practices function, supporting normal workflow and time-honored standard procedures. The unique flexibility of SpringCharts EHR enables providers and support staff to easily customize the program to meet their specific job descriptions and exact practice requirements. These features and the fact that qualifying for incentives is easy with SpringCharts allow a practice to move Beyond Certification(tm) and focus on the long term benefits that SpringCharts brings to a practice.
With income producing features like the Chart Evaluation, E&M Coder, Templates, and Pop-Up Text, SpringCharts EHR offers "Great Financials" to enhance and speed your ROI. SpringCharts EHR is priced thousands of dollars less than comparable program configurations. And with no hidden costs for server or database licenses, it offers the lowest "Total Cost of Charting" on the market today.
Finally the SpringCharts Guide to Meaningful Use is available to all customers to walk them, step-by-step, through their 90 day meaningful use demonstration period. It uses screen shots to make sure each Eligible Professional has performed all of the steps to qualify for meaningful use incentive payments.
Contact your local Spring Medical Value Added Reseller or your Regional Sales Director by clicking on the link in the upper right or calling us on the phone number shown above to get the benefits of SpringCharts EHR 2011, ONC-ATCB certified for 2011/2012.
