The company enhanced the EHR platform with new features as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services EHR Incentive Program. InfoGard Laboratories completed the platform certification review. Some of the new features within the platform which meets the Stage 2 requirements include:
- Additional health education: Giving additional information on drugs, allergies, and lab result
- Direct messaging: Secure messaging for transitions of care and patient referrals between medical providers compatible with other software
- Secure electronic messaging to communicate with patients
- Provide patients access to view online, download, and transmit their health information
- Expanded medical codes vocabulary
- Family history and smoking status tracking
- Additional immunization compatibility: Vaccine information
“I am proud to announce that we are officially Meaningful Use Stage 2 certified,” Michael Nusimow, co-founder and CEO of drchrono, said. “drchrono is focused on the mobile experience. We are the only company to use iPads during the certification process and have a native iPad app Stage 1 and Stage 2 dashboard. The MU2 dashboard has a status progress bar telling a doctor what requirements have been completed.”
In addition to getting certified, the company announced that the drchrono iPad EHR has been ranked as the no. 1 mobile EHR for the second year in a row by Black Book Rankings, winning in 2013 and 2014.
“It is great to see the drchrono team being recognized by Black Book Rankings for creating such a great EHR for the Web and iPad,” said Trenna Sutcliffe, MD, a pediatrician who specializes in developmental and behavioral pediatrics in Los Altos, California. “The design and functionality of the app was exactly what I was looking for when I started my practice. It allows me to send tasks to my staff, exchange e-mails with my patients, and I have all patient data in one place that’s easily accessible. I am looking forward to seeing what the company does next.”
Black Book Rankings invited more than 22,000 physicians, medical providers, and professionals to evaluate medical software. drchrono ranked no. 1 in innovation, value, and customer care.
“We were delighted to see drchrono picked as the top iPad EHR by physicians,” Daniel Kivatinos, co-founder and COO of drchrono, said. “Our simple yet powerful point-of-care iPad EHR app is a big step forward in mobile health design, and the Black Book Rankings survey findings validate that.”
Source: drchrono
