What is Certified Electronic Health Records Technology (CEHRT)?
Certified Electronic Health Records Technology (CEHRT) is a certification program administered by the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP)/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) which is a US department under Health and Human Services (HHS). The ONC coordinates with other federal and state agencies to align rule making (example- coordinating with CMS to require providers to use immunization registries bidirectionally and updating criteria to bidirectional functionality). The certification program is regulated by federal rulemaking, which means the ONC has to publish a proposed rule, accept comments from the public, and refine to a final rulemaking which then becomes regulation for the program. EHRs are not required to be certified, but EHRs that choose to become certified have to meet rigorous certification standards that are regularly updated. Providers and health systems are required to use CEHRT for various government programs and should understand what certification requirements they need to meet their own program requirements.Elation as a Certified Electronic Health Records Technology (CEHRT)
Elation currently maintains the most up to date certification status for CEHRT.- To learn more about the CEHRT program on the ASTP ONC website click here.
- To learn more and review Elation’s current certification activities and requirements, click here.
- Elation Health’s current CMS ID is: 0015C1H7GK8MY31
- Go to this url: https://chpl.healthit.gov/#/search
- Enter “Elation” in the search bar
- Select “CERT ID”
- Select “CREATE CERTIFICATION ID”
Additional Elation Health CEHRT details
- Developer Name: Elation Health, Inc.
- Product Name(s): Elation EMR
- Version Number(s): Version 3
- Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) Product Number(s): 15.04.04.2717.Elat.03.00.1.181231
- Developer Real World Testing Plan Page URL: https://www.elationhealth.com/real-world-test-plan
Product features
Most notable certification criteria and associated Elation Health product features can be found in the table below.-
Not all certification criteria have product features and many may not have regular use for our primary customer types.
| Regulation Text Citation | Certification Criterion | Product Feature and Help Center Article |
|---|---|---|
| §170.315(b)(1) | Transitions of care | CCDA Exports |
| §170.315(b)(10) | Electronic Health Information export | Patient Exports |
| §170.315(b)(2) | Clinical information reconciliation and incorporation | Receiving Direct Message |
| §170.315(b)(3) | Electronic prescribing | e-Prescribing Orders |
| §170.315(c)(1)-(c)(3) | Clinical quality measures (CQMs) — record and export | QRDA Exports and eCQMs |
| §170.315(d)(1) | Authentication, access control, authorization | Provider Authentication Access Control |
| §170.315(d)(3) | Audit report(s) | Audit Logs |
| §170.315(d)(4) | Amendments | Visit Note Amendments |
| §170.315(d)(5) | Automatic access time-out | Time Out for Security |
| §170.315(e)(1) | View, download, and transmit to 3rd party | Patient Passport |
| §170.315(e)(3) | Patient health information capture | Patient to Provider Communications |
| §170.315(f)(1) | Transmission to immunization registries | Immunization Registry |
| §170.315(g)(10) | Standardized API for patient and population services | FHIR API Implementation |
| §170.315(g)(2) | Automated measure calculation | Promoting Interoperability Dashboard |
| §170.315(h)(1) | Direct Project | Direct Address |
Elation Health meets CEHRT certification compliance as an EHR vendor. Compliance for a health care practice may leverage CEHRT criteria and may extend beyond this limited criteria.