Authors

Asara Clark

Portrait of Asara Clark

Asara Clark's Latest Blog Posts

Introducing Leidos as a new ONC-Authorized Testing Laboratory (ONC-ATL)

Asara Clark | May 11, 2022

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is pleased to announce that Leidos, Inc. (Leidos) has been granted status as an ONC-Authorized Testing Laboratory (ONC-ATL) in the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Program). Leidos now becomes one of four organizations to hold current ONC-ATL status alongside Drummond Group, ICSA Labs, and SLI Compliance.

Read Full Post.

Real World Testing Update: 100% of Developers Submit Plans to ONC

Asara Clark | April 13, 2022

One of the most important functions that the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) performs is administering the ONC Health IT Certification Program (the Program). A critical aspect of the Program is to ensure that certified health IT meets established requirements in order to give confidence to users that the health IT performs in conformance with those requirements. Testing in controlled test environments has been a cornerstone of the Program’s processes, however, it is also important to gauge the performance of systems in the field,

Read Full Post.

EHR Certification: An Ongoing Process for ONC’s Office of Certification

Asara Clark | April 25, 2013

Part of ONC’s mission is to certify that electronic health record (EHR) products meet the standards and capabilities we have created. It’s a big job, and we take it seriously.
Providers should be confident that when they buy and use a certified EHR, their product satisfies our requirements. That’s why we review any complaints we receive about these products and make sure they are addressed, even to the point of revoking certification when necessary. In fact,

Read Full Post.