This rule proposes new, revised, and unchanged certification criteria that would establish the capabilities and related standards and implementation specifications for the certification of health IT, including EHR technology. We refer to these new, revised, and unchanged certification criteria as the Edition health IT certification and propose to add this “2015 criteria” term and its definition to § 170.102. As noted in the Executive Summary, we also refer to these criteria as the in this preamble. We propose to codify the 2015 Edition in § “2015 Edition” 170.315 to set them apart from other editions of certification criteria and make it easier for stakeholders to quickly determine the certification criteria the 2015 Edition includes. Health IT certified to these proposed certification criteria and associated standards and implementation specifications could be implemented as part of an eligible or EP’s, hospital’s, CEHRT and used to demonstrate meaningful use (as identified in Table 2 below). We CAH’s note that Table 2 does not identify certification criteria that are included in conditional certification requirements, such as privacy and security, safety-enhanced design, and quality management system certification criteria. We do, however, classify these types of certification criteria as with the EHR Incentives Programs Stage 3 for the purposes of the “associated” regulatory impact analysis we performed for this proposed rule (see section VIII.B.1). Health IT certified to the proposed certification criteria and associated standards and implementation specifications could also be used to meet other HHS program requirements (e.g., grant and contract requirements) or referenced by private sector associations and entities. Table 2. 2015 Edition Proposed Certification Criteria Associated with the EHR Incentive Programs Stage 3 Proposed Proposed Relationship to the Proposed Inclusion in 2015 CFR Certification Criterion CEHRT Definition and Edition Base Citation Proposed Stage 3 Objectives EHR Definition § 170.315 Computerized Provider Order Included Objective 4 (a)(1) Entry (CPOE) medications – § 170.315 CPOE laboratory Included Objective 4 –
This rule proposes new, revised, and unchanged certification criteria that would establish the capabilities and related standards and implementation specifications for the certification of health IT, including EHR technology. We refer to these new, revised, and unchanged certification criteria as the “2015 Edition health IT certification criteria” and propose to add this term and its definition to § 170.102. As noted in the Executive Summary, we also refer to these criteria as the “2015 Edition” in this preamble. We propose to codify the 2015 Edition in § 170.315 to set them apart from other editions of certification criteria and make it easier for stakeholders to quickly determine the certification criteria the 2015 Edition includes. Health IT certified to these proposed certification criteria and associated standards and implementation specifications could be implemented as part of an EP’s, eligible hospital’s, or CAH’s CEHRT and used to demonstrate meaningful use (as identified in Table 2 below). We note that Table 2 does not identify certification criteria that are included in conditional certification requirements, such as privacy and security, safety-enhanced design, and quality management system certification criteria. We do, however, classify these types of certification criteria as “associated” with the EHR Incentives Programs Stage 3 for the purposes of the regulatory impact analysis we performed for this proposed rule (see section VIII.B.1). Health IT certified to the proposed certification criteria and associated standards and implementation specifications could also be used to meet other HHS program requirements (e.g., grant and contract requirements) or referenced by private sector associations and entities. Table 2. 2015 Edition Proposed Certification Criteria Associated with the EHR Incentive Programs Stage 3 Proposed CFR Citation Certification Criterion Proposed Inclusion in 2015 Edition Base EHR Definition Relationship to the Proposed CEHRT Definition and Proposed Stage 3 Objectives § 170.315 (a)(1) Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) – medications Included Objective 4 § 170.315 CPOE – laboratory Included Objective 4
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