MEDFLOW, INC. Medflow 2.0 EHR Achieves ONC HIT 2014 Edition COMPLETE EHR Certification from ICSA Labs

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Medflow, Inc., Medflow 2.0 EHR, Release 10 has achieved ONC HIT 2014 Edition COMPLETE EHR certification, which designates that the software is capable of supporting Eligible Providers with meeting the Stage 1 and Stage 2 Meaningful Use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  Medflow 2.0 EHR, Release 10 was certified on January 22, 2015 by ICSA Labs, an Office of the National Coordinator-Authorized Certification Body ONC-ACB) and is compliant in accordance with applicable criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

"This is a tremendous accomplishment for Medflow. Medflow started coding this brand new program in April 2014 and have now reached certification, this says a lot about our company and people," said Jim Messier, vice president of sales & marketing, Medflow. "With this certification, we believe our customers are well prepared to successfully demonstrate Meaningful Use with a lot less time, clicks, pain and resource."

ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon, offers vendor-neutral testing and certification.  ONC HIT 2014 Edition Certification is granted to those technologies that are capable of meeting the more rigorous testing criteria developed to support providers and hospitals who wish to demonstrate Stage 2 meaningful use, which focuses on the capability of health IT to deliver higher quality patient care and exchange clinical information securely.

Medflow 2.0 EHR, Release 10's certification number is 150006R00. ONC HIT certification conferred by ICSA Labs 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 Medflow 2.0 EHR, Release 10 has been certified include: CMS 50, CMS 62, CMS 68, CMS 69, CMS 122, CMS 127, CMS 131, CMS 132, CMS 133, CMS 138, CMS 142, CMS 143, CMS 147, CMS 156, CMS 165 and CMS 167.

The additional software relied upon to comply with one or more of the certification criteria include: Data Motion Direct, DIT (Drug Information Technology), Medline, Meinberg NTP Dameon and Surescripts.

The additional types of costs that an eligible provider would pay to implement this Complete EHR's capabilities in order to attempt to meet meaningful use objectives and measures include: Release 10.

About Medflow, Inc.

Medflow, Inc., headquartered in Charlotte, NC, is the leading provider of ophthalmic specific electronic health records software. Since 1999 Medflow remains solely and consistently dedicated to the design, development, and delivery of eye care specific EHR software. A clear leader in the industry, Medflow software is currently being used by more than 2,400 eye care physicians in more than 560 practices nationwide. For more information about Medflow and its products contact Christopher Bonsall directly at (980) 218.1986 or [email protected].  Visit www.medflow.com.

About ONC Certification

The ONC Certified Health Information Technology (HIT) program tests and certifies that HIT is capable of meeting the 2014 Edition criteria approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). The certifications include Complete EHRs, which meet all of the 2014 Edition criteria for either eligible provider or hospital technology and EHR Modules, which meet one or more -- but not all -- of the criteria.

About ICSA Labs

ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon, offers third-party testing and certification of security and health IT products, as well as network-connected devices, to measure product compliance, reliability and performance for many of the world's top security vendors.  ICSA Labs is an ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited and 9001:2008 registered organization. ICSA Labs is NVLAP accredited as a Health IT Test Lab and is also an ONC-Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) accredited by ANSI to ISO/IEC Guide 65. Visit http://www.icsalabs.com and http://www.icsalabs.com/blogs for more information.

SOURCE Medflow, Inc.

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