CCHIT

A few months ago, CCHIT suffered from what I like to call “angry letter round 1″. This is were I send a very pointed, ultimatum letter to an organization of the general form “your are hurting my community, stop it … Continued

Recently CCHIT has come under fire for being too focused on large proprietary vendors and specifically, its association with HIMSS. These attacks have gotten so bad that Mark Leavitt has posted a rebuttal, which has generated a tremendous amount of … Continued

A central problem with CCHIT is the feature bucket. CCHIT certification represents compliance with a list of hundreds of functional requirements. This would be great if that list of features were 100% a good idea, but the reality is far … Continued

The meeting with CCHIT worked. The FOSS community, to the degree that such a thing is possible, had authorized me to go nuclear on the issue before the meeting. I had been given assurance that the community has been so … Continued

I am preparing for the meeting tomorrow with CCHIT and FOSS. I had previously used Google Moderator to get a feel for what my communities position on this issue is. Moderator allows for the same question to get posted again … Continued

To help answer this question I have setup a Google Moderator site. Please help the FOSS community determine what our positon regarding CCHIT should be!! -FT

Recently, I was asked by several community members to begin ‘activating’ the community at large against certain threats to FOSS in healthcare. Dr. Valdes and I have been planning on doing this for years, and, in our own ways, have … Continued