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Physicians sought to test electronic health record software.(Practice Trends)
Officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are seeking physicians to test electronic health record software originally developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs and adapted for use in physicians' offices.
CMS is releasing a test version of the software--called VistA-Office--in an effort to assess its effectiveness, usability, and potential for interoperability in small physician practices, the agency announced late last month.
"The release of an evaluation version of VistA-Office will provide a testing laboratory for interoperability and will supplement efforts by the American Health Information Community to establish a certification criteria and process," CMS Administrator Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., said in a statement.
The goal is to refine the software based on the results of the test period and develop a version of the VistA-Office electronic health record (EHR) that could be certified under a process recognized by the Department of Health and Human Services.
The VistA-Office EHR was adapted from the hospital information system that is used by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA information system is used at 1,300 sites nationwide and has been in use for more than 20 years.
The test version of the software includes core functions such as clinical order entry, standard progress note templates, and results reporting. It also includes features designed specifically for physician offices including interfaces to existing practice management and billing systems, quality measure reporting capabilities, clinical reminders for disease management, and templates for ob.gyn. and pediatric care.
The VistA-Office test software will not be free. The first-year costs (cost of software, licensing fees, and support) are estimated to be about $2,740 for a group of 1-7 users, according to a CMS spokesman, who added that practices are likely to incur added office staff costs associated with implementing the EHR.
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