April 30, 2007 – The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHITSM) today announced that BCA’s product PEARL EMR Version 6.0 is CCHIT CertifiedSM, and meets CCHIT ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2006. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare. CCHIT is a Recognized Certification Body in the United States for certifying health information technology products – an independent, nonprofit organization that sets the benchmark for EHRs.

As a CCHIT Certified product, PEARL EMR has been tested and passed inspection of 100 percent of a set of criteria for:
functionality (ability to create and manage electronic records for all patients, as well as automating workflow in a physician’s office),
interoperability (a first step in the ability to receive and send electronic data to other entities such as laboratories), and
security (ability to keep patients’ information safe).

The CCHIT Certified mark — a “seal of approval” for EHR products — provides the first consensus-based, consistent benchmark for ambulatory products. By looking to products with the CCHIT Certified seal, physicians and other providers can be assured they are making a reliable investment and insurers and other payers know the products meet expected industry standards.

“Physician who purchase certified products have the assurance that they have been reviewed by a panel of judges, including practicing physicians, and that they are being evaluated against standards set by professionals in the field and successfully piloted with products from large and small companies,” said Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D., chair, CCHIT. “The quality and safety of EHR products can now be measured using certification criteria that were developed specifically for that purpose.”

“CCHIT certification is a major milestone for BCA’s PEARL EMR, a system that has been providing reliable and robust Electronic Medical Records to our clients for more than 12 years. Achieving this certification provides further assurance of the commitment that BCA has to our customers and to improved healthcare for all,” said Albert Woodard, Chairman and CEO of BCA.

The goals of CCHIT product certification are to reduce the risk of HIT investment by physicians and other providers; ensure interoperability of HIT products; enhance the availability of HIT adoption incentives from purchasers and payers; and protect the privacy of personal health information.

CCHIT’s certification compliance criteria and its design for a certification inspection process have been thoroughly researched, taking into account the state of the art of EHRs and available standards, and comparing certification processes in other industries and other countries. The inspection process is based on real-life medical scenarios designed to test products rigorously against the clinical needs of providers and the quality and safety needs of healthcare consumers and payers. One script, for example, recreates a scenario of an elderly man with poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension and other chronic conditions in order to test EHR functions such as potential adverse drug reactions, disease management and treatment plans.

About BUSINESS COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, INC
Business Computer Applications Inc. is a 30 year old award winning Healthcare Information Technology Company, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia that focuses its efforts on providing Electronic Medical Record and Clinic (Practice) Management solutions to Public and Private healthcare providers and Correctional Facilities. BCA is a Small Business Administration (SBA) Certified, Minority Owned Business which also provides project management and programming services to Federal, State and Local government healthcare information technology projects. More information may be found at www.bca.us.

About CCHIT
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHITSM) is an independent, nonprofit organization that has been recognized by the federal government as an official certification body for electronic health record products. Its mission is to accelerate the adoption of health information technology by creating a credible, sustainable product certification program. The certification requirements are based on widely accepted industry standards and involve the work of hundreds of expert volunteers and input from a variety of stakeholders throughout the health care industry. More information on CCHIT and CCHIT CertifiedSM products is available at www.cchit.org.

“CCHITSM” and “CCHIT CertifiedSM” are service marks of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology.

Media Contacts:
John Cook, President, Business Computer Applications, Inc 770-279-9774 jcook@bca.us
Sue Reber, CCHIT, 503-703-0813 sreber@cchit.org
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