Certification will be focused on each IT system’s ability to enable practices and hospitals to collect, store, and exchange health data securely. Meaningful Use is now being specified more directly as the quality and safety improvements and cost savings that result from health IT — among them e-Prescribing, quality and cost reporting, data exchange for care coordination, and patient access to summary health data — which HHS Certification will closely track. ONC will develop an accreditation process and select an organization to accredit certifying organizations, then allow multiple organizations to perform certification testing. Read more…