Unifi-Med Receives ONC-ATCB Meaningful Use Certification by Drummond Group

Nov. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Unifi-Med Receives ONC-ATCB Meaningful Use Certification by Drummond Group

BEND, Ore., November 19, 2010// -- Unifi-Med has received EHR Modular Certification deeming the electronic health record (EHR) software capable of enabling providers to meet the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Tested and certified under the Drummond Group's Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) program, Unifi-Med’s EHR software is 2011/2012 compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.  

“Unifi Technologies made the key decision to obtain Meaningful Use Certification as soon as the announcement of certifying bodies was released.  Our team worked diligently to address the certification test scripts, knowing it was essential to provide each Unifi-Med practitioner with the ability to advantage themselves of the available reimbursement funds in the 2011/2012 year,” said Randy Barnes, COO, Unifi Technologies.  “As a rapidly growing EHR provider, Meaningful Use Certification also provides credibility to the Unifi-Med product by a governing body.  This further illustrates to the EHR community that Unifi Technologies is a recognized provider of cloud based EHR solutions.”
Drummond Group’s ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that EHRs meet the meaningful use criteria for eligible providers. In turn, healthcare providers using the EHR systems such as the certified Unifi-Med are qualified to receive federal stimulus monies upon demonstrating meaningful use of the technology -- a key component of the federal government’s push to improve clinical care delivery through the adoption and effective use of EHRs by U.S. healthcare providers.

Unifi-Med, which met the requirements for Modular EHR Certification, is a fully cloud based EHR Solution.  Unifi-Med’s web-based suite of solutions offers a practitioner everything they need in one EHR.  This includes:  

•   Unifi-Med EHR Solution:  e-prescribe, provider dashboard, medications list, chart notes, decision support tools, CPOE, task management, efax support and more.  

•   Unifi-Med Practice Management:  complete front and back office management including appointment scheduling, wait time analysis, billing and records management, claims processing, Reporting and Data Analysis.  

•   Unifi-Med Patient portal:  allows patients to access health information online, request appointments online, and complete registration and pre-visit questionnaires from the comfort of home.  

"The need for EHRs in the U.S. healthcare system has been acknowledged for many years. Drummond Group is proud to work with leading healthcare vendors and help them offer certified technologies to health providers across the country. With more than 10 years of software testing experience carried out in several industries, we are confident in our ability to offer an effective and cost-efficient testing process to the healthcare industry,” says Rik Drummond, CEO of Drummond Group. “The snowball effect could mean great things for clinical care in our country. We can help IT vendors certify their EHR systems – vendors can then help providers implement the EHR solutions to achieve meaningful use and receive incentive funds – and ultimately providers can leverage the systems to improve clinical care across the nation.”

This Unifi-Med EHR Module is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified by Drummond Group, an ONC-ATCB approved to certify any complete or modular EHR both ambulatory and inpatient, in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or guarantee the receipt of incentive payments. Unifi Technologies, 11/24/2010, Unifi-Med v5.4, 11242010-4685-8, Clinical Quality Measures Certified, any additional software relied upon to certify, where applicable the certification criteria to which each EHR modules has been tested and certified.

About Unifi Technologies

Unifi Technologies and the Unifi-Med web-based suite of solutions are sold throughout North America.  For more information visit www.unifitech.com, join the Unifi EMR Group on LinkedIn, follow us on Twitter or contact:

Unifi Technologies, Inc.
Randy Barnes
Chief Operating Officer
541.408.1275
randyb@unifitech.com

About Drummond Group

Drummond Group Inc., the trusted software test lab, provides effective and efficient electronic health record (EHR) testing to healthcare information technology vendors. As an Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB), Drummond Group works closely with healthcare software vendors to certify EHRs for use by providers that are looking to qualify for incentive funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  Drummond Group is approved to certify both complete and modular EHR for both ambulatory and inpatient.  Leveraging more than a decade’s worth of interoperability, conformance testing and certification experience in multiple industries, Drummond Group delivers what’s needed in healthcare: highly reliable and readily affordable software testing services. For more information, go to www.drummondgroup.com.

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Unifi-Med provides a Meaningful Use Certified low cost point of entry web based EHR solution with best in breed functionality and fully integrated portals for physician, patient and practice.

Unifi Technologies web based solution Unifi-Med is future of EHR:

• No software to install
• No software license fees
• No costly upgrades
• Subscription-based pricing
• Rapid Installation
• A true Cloud Computing Solution
• All you need is an internet connection
• Fully integrated suite of solutions
• Scheduling and Reporting Tools
• One system, the complete solution
• Intuitive design
• Meaningful Use Certified
• Extremely flexible
• Tailored to the way you work today

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