Electronic Health Reporter

CHICAGO, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced today that Allscripts Sunrise Acute Care 6.1 and Allscripts Sunrise Ambulatory Care 6.1, are compliant with the ONC 2014 Edition criteria and were certified as Complete EHRs on June 19, 2013 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), an ONC-ACB, in accordance with the applicable Eligible Provider and Hospital certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The ONC 2014 Edition criteria support both Stage 1 and 2 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

“The Certification of our Sunrise Acute Care and Ambulatory Electronic Health Records is an important commitment we made to our clients,” said Paul M. Black, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. “We believe our certified products, coupled with our experience delivering positive outcomes for tens of thousands of physician practices and hospitals across the country, make Allscripts an ideal organization to partner with as we deliver the tools for superior population health management.”

The ONC HIT Certification Program certifies that Complete EHRs meet all of the 2014 Edition criteria and EHR Modules meet one or more – but not all – of the criteria approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) for either eligible provider or hospital technology.

“CCHIT congratulates companies successfully achieving EHR technology certification,” said Alisa Ray, executive director, CCHIT. “These companies are now able to make their products available to providers wishing to adopt health IT to demonstrate meaningful use and earn Stage 1 or Stage 2 incentives.”

Allscripts Sunrise Acute Care Version 6.1’s certification number is CC-2014-498885-1. ONC HIT certification conferred by CCHIT does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The clinical quality measures to which Allscripts Sunrise Acute Care Version 6.1 has been certified include:

CMS30v2
CMS32v1
CMS53v1
CMS55v1
CMS60v1
CMS71v2
CMS72v1
CMS73v1
CMS91v2
CMS100v1
CMS102v1
CMS104v1
CMS105v1
CMS107v1
CMS109v1
CMS110v1
CMS111v1
CMS114v1
CMS108v1
CMS190v1

The additional software Allscripts Sunrise Acute Care Version 6.1 relied upon to demonstrate compliance includes:

Allscripts Clinical Performance Management v12.0
MedAllies Direct Solutions v1.0
Allscripts Knowledge-Based Medication Administration (KBMA) v6.1
Cerner Multum addVantageRx v4.0
Allscripts Sunrise eLink v6.1
Allscripts Sunrise Patient Portal v6.1

The additional types of costs that an eligible provider, eligible hospital, or critical access hospital would pay to implement the Allscripts Sunrise Acute Care Version 6.1 in order to attempt to meet meaningful use objectives and measures may require annual or one-time fees for the licensing of additional software modules and optional one-time fees for services.

Allscripts Sunrise Ambulatory Care Version 6.1’s certification number is CC-2014-498885-2. ONC HIT certification conferred by CCHIT does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The clinical quality measures to which Allscripts Sunrise Ambulatory Care Version 6.1 has been certified include:

CMS50v1
CMS69v1
CMS75v1
CMS122v1
CMS123v1
CMS126v1
CMS131v1
CMS134v1
CMS138v1
CMS155v1
CMS163v1
CMS165v1

The additional software Allscripts Sunrise Ambulatory Care Version 6.1 relied upon to demonstrate compliance includes:

Allscripts Clinical Performance Management v12.0
MedAllies Direct Solutions v1.0
Cerner Multum addVantageRx v4.0
Allscripts Sunrise Clinical Analytics v12
Allscripts Sunrise eLink v6.1
Allscripts Sunrise Patient Portal v6.1

The additional types of costs that an eligible provider, eligible hospital, or critical access hospital would pay to implement the Allscripts Sunrise Ambulatory Care Version 6.1 in order to attempt to meet meaningful use objectives and measures may require annual or one-time fees for the licensing of additional software modules and optional one-time fees for services.

About Allscripts
Allscripts (NASDAQ:  MDRX) delivers the insights that healthcare providers require to generate world-class outcomes. The company’s Electronic Health Record, practice management and other clinical, revenue cycle, connectivity and information solutions create a Connected Community of Health for physicians, hospitals and post-acute organizations.  To learn more about Allscripts, please visit www.allscripts.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.

About CCHIT
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) is an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the public mission of accelerating the adoption of robust, interoperable health information technology.  The Commission has been certifying electronic health record technology since 2006 and is authorized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a certification body (ONC-ACB).  CCHIT is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a certification body for the ONC HIT Certification Program for electronic health record (EHR) technology and accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as an Accredited Testing Laboratory (ATL) to test EHRs. More information on CCHIT and its programs is available at http://cchit.org.

About the ONC HIT Certification Program
The ONC HIT Certification Program, provided by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT)” as an Office of the National Coordinator – Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB), evaluates EHR technology that has been tested against criteria and standards adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). This certification qualifies EHRs as capable of supporting achievement of meaningful use for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).  ONC HIT certification conferred by the Certification Commission does not represent an endorsement of the certified EHR technology by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

“CCHIT®” and “CCHIT Certified®” are registered trademarks of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology.