WHAT IS CCHIT?
CCHIT is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of health IT, particularly electronic health record (EHR) technology. It was founded in 2004 by the American Health Information Management Association, or AHIMA; the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, or HIMSS; and the National Alliance for Health Information Technology, or NAHIT, which was disbanded in 2009. CCHIT, which has been involved with health IT standards for several years,, is currently issuing comprehensive CCHIT certification for 2011.