Consumer’s guide to CCHIT PHR certification

What does the CCHIT certification of PHR mean?

It’s a reasonable question. And that’s why the Certification Commission created the Consumer’s Guide to Certification of Personal Health Records, a quick overview of certification—and its benefits—written with consumers in mind.

Today’s consumers want better access to their personal health information and that of their families. They also want to decide who to share it with, and under what circumstances. In our electronic age, patients can have the power to access and control their own personal health record. There are now dozens of organizations that offer systems for accumulating and storing personal health information, either online, on a personal computer, or on the computer systems of health care providers.

Certification is designed to make sure that these products meet a minimum level of security, interoperability, and functionality.

We’re excited to share the Consumer’s Guide with you. And we hope that it helps explain the value of certification for PHR.