The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has announced the first two companies approved to authorize the testing and certification of electronic health records. The Drummond Group and the Certification Commission for Health IT will now work with electronic medical record vendors to certify their products and implement new meaningful use rules.

“We are pleased to offer over ten years of software testing and certification experience in other industries to healthcare, “ Rik Drummond said in a statement. “After executing several pilots on existing EHR products and working with industry consultants, our organization is more than prepared to test and certify healthcare products.”

Read more about the announcement here.