Comments and Testimony

The Certification Commission is often called upon to provide comments or testimony about certification, electronic health records, and health information technology. These comments and additional materials will be made available here.

  • June 20, 2011
    CCHIT’s Comments to the Health Information Technology Standards Committee’s Implementation Workgroup on the EHR Temporary Certification Program, Stage 1 Meaningful Use
    PDF
  • April 21, 2011
    Certification/Adoption Work Group Health Information Technology Standards Committee
    PDF
  • January 10, 2011
    Real World Experiences with Meaningful Use
    PDF
  • December 30, 2010
    Response to Request for Public Comment on Stage 2 and 3 Meaningful Use Quality Measure Concepts
    PDF
  • May 10, 2010
    CCHIT comments on Permanent Certification in Certification NPRM
    PDF
  • April 8, 2010
    CCHIT comments on the NPRM on the Proposed Establishment of Certification Programs for Health Information Technology
    PDF
  • March 12, 2010
    CCHIT comments on the Interim Final Rule on Standards, Implementation
    Specifications, and Certification Criteria for EHRs

    PDF or Full text of comments
  • August 11, 2009
    CCHIT response to HIT Policy Committee
    Download the letter and associated files
  • July 14, 2009
    CCHIT Testimony on Certification to ONC Advisory Sub-Committee
    Presentation
     
  • June 26, 2009
    CCHIT Comments on Meaningful Use Matrix

    Cover Letter

    Annotated matrix

  • April 29, 2009
    Testimony before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Executive Subcommittee Hearing on “Meaningful Use”

    Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD
    Chair, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT)

    Dr. Leavitt's Testimony

    Accompanying Slides