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A condition of gaining certification is that once HIMSA has granted certification the version of the given product must be listed publicly as certified. This is important so that HCP’s and all Member Companies can verify that a product has been certified, please see 1.08 – Quickly Determine Certification Status for more details.
If the certification testing is completed successfully and the member company wishes to be immediately listed as certified then the process will proceed to the next topic – commercial availability.
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A condition of gaining certification is that the member company agree that its commercially available products must be available to other HIMSA member companies for testing and troubleshooting only, see 1.11 – Easy access to other certified solutions for more details.
“Commercially Available” is defined to mean that the product is available for the broader customer market that the product was intended for. Release states such as alpha, beta, pre-released, limited release, do not constitute “Commercially Available”. If the product is not commercially available it will still need to be listed as certified but the member company is not required to make the solution available to other member companies.
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A: There is a small chance that HIMSA finds a problem during another product test that would constitute a critical issue. If this would occur then HIMSA will not revoke the certification as that would conflict with 1.12 – Certification cannot be revoked . However, HIMSA will document the issue publicly and needs to expect that the member company will put forth a plan to patch or resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
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