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Commitment to Standards & Interoperability Clearly Demonstrated Somerset, New Jersey – April 16, 2009 – Wellsoft Corporation has participated in the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology’s (CCHIT®) Pilot Study, designed to gauge the testability of CCHIT’s 09 certification criteria and demonstrate the effectiveness of its process. Wellsoft Corporation has extensive experience with interoperability, systems integration with established interfaces, industry standard platforms, open architecture, web services and HL7 compliance. Incorporating these standards into the Wellsoft EDIS application promotes patient safety and enhances patient care while reducing costs. Bringing together data from multiple sources to create meaningful clinical information requires Wellsoft’s unique combination of healthcare knowledge, analytic ability and technical competence. Wellsoft Corporation’s product, Wellsoft® EDIS v11, is a CCHIT Certified® 08 Emergency Department Electronic Health Record (EHR). Wellsoft EDIS is a comprehensive system with core functions that include patient tracking, clinical documentation, image capture, order management, medication management, discharge planning and reporting. For multiple locations, Wellsoft provides enterprise features which can include, for all facilities, shared data elements, standardized care, documentation, orders, core measures and risk management. Wellsoft creates an EHR for the emergency department patient visit. “Wellsoft recognizes that the use of industry approved standards is the most efficient, reliable, and cost effective method to exchange clinical data,” says Wellsoft President John Santmann, MD. “We have seen an increase in the number of hospitals requiring CCHIT Certification for their Emergency Department and hospital wide EHRs. This requirement helps ensure focus on promoting patient safety and enhancing patient care through the use of interoperability standards. ” About CCHITThe Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT®) is a private, nonprofit organization that has been recognized by the federal government as an official certification body for health information technology. Its mission is to accelerate the adoption of robust, interoperable health information technology by creating a credible, efficient certification process. The certification requirements are based on widely accepted industry standards and involve the work of hundreds of expert volunteers and input from a variety of stakeholders throughout the health care industry. More information on CCHIT and CCHIT Certified® products is available at www.cchit.org, http://ehrdecisions.com and http://phrdecisions.com . About Wellsoft CorporationWellsoft Corporation, developer and provider of the industry-leading EDIS since 1988 is ONC-ATCB and CCHIT Certified for Meaningful Use and consistently ranked the #1 EDIS by KLAS (2006-2010 ) and MD Buyline. Wellsoft provides complete information management for the Emergency Department. With installations in the U.S. and Canada, Wellsoft hospital clients combined serve over 3,000,000 ED patients each year. Wellsoft is recognized for providing the most complete functionality and most configurable product in the marketplace. Wellsoft works closely with each client to develop real solutions for their Emergency Department, supplying expert, personal assistance. Providing custom solutions for enterprise-wide or single hospital implementations, Wellsoft is the specialist in Emergency Department systems. For more information please visit www.wellsoft.com. * Wellsoft EDIS v11, an EHR Module, is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified by CCHIT®, an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable certification criteria for Hospitals 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. Wellsoft EDIS v11 (certification # CC-1112-527400-1) was certified on September 23, 2010 and meets the following certification criteria in addition to Security (170.302(o), 170.302(p) , 170.302(q), 170.302(r) , 170.302(s), 170.302(t) and Privacy (170.302(u), 170.302(v); 170.302(a) Drug-Drug/Drug-Allergy Checks, 170.302(b) Drug-Formulary Checks, 170.302(c) Problem List, 170.302(d) Medication List, 170.302(e) Allergy List, 170.302(g) Smoking Status, 170.302(j) Medication Reconciliation, 170.306(a) CPOE, 170.306(b) Record Demographics, 170.306(c) Clinical Decision Support, 170.306(h) Advance Directives. Additional software used in testing included Oracle 10g or 11g. For Further InformationContact Denise Helfand
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