August is here, and the HHS certification program for EHR and Meaningful Use continues to move forward. Last month, Drummond Group submitted its application to be an ONC-ATCB certifying all modules. Part I of the application, which deals with testing and certification quality practices and processes, was submitted on July 20^th. We submitted Part II, which is the certification criteria and testing proficiency exam, on July 27^th. Based on the guidelines in the ONC Temporary Certification Program ruling, our application will be reviewed within a month so we should hear something back from ONC before the end of August.

Given the work we put into the application and our extensive background in testing and certification, we are confident we will be approved and we are now working on the launch of our EHR testing and certification program. We plan on releasing program information, including pricing and the test registration process, within the next few weeks. Upon our ONC approval, we will begin Meaningful Use stage 1 testing.