Viztek, Raleigh, NC, announced certification for its Opal-EHR as a complete ambulatory Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONCATCB). Certification is necessary to enable purchasers to qualify for federal incentive payments as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Incentives may be as high as $44,000 per radiologist at qualifying practices implementing EMR systems.
Complete and Modular are two distinct categories of EHR certification. By contrast to Viztek
