[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 4577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01535]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Notice of Availability: Test Tools and Test Procedures Approved 
by the National Coordinator for the ONC HIT Certification Program

AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology (ONC), Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of test tools and test 
procedures approved by the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology (the National Coordinator) for the testing of EHR technology 
to the 2014 Edition Release 2 EHR certification criteria under the ONC 
HIT Certification Program. The approved test tools and test procedures 
are identified on the ONC Web site at: http://healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/testing-and-test-methods. The test tools and 
test procedures for the ``optional--transitions of care'' certification 
criterion (Sec.  170.314(b)(8)) and the optional testing and 
certification for the ``view, download, and transmit to 3rd party'' 
certification criterion (Sec.  170.314(e)(1)) have not yet been 
approved.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Morton, Director, Office of 
Certification, Office of the National Coordinator for Health 
Information Technology, 202-549-7851.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 7, 2011, the Department of Health 
and Human Services issued a final rule establishing a permanent 
certification program for the purposes of testing and certifying health 
information technology (``Establishment of the Permanent Certification 
Program for Health Information Technology,'' 76 FR 1262) (Permanent 
Certification Program final rule). The permanent certification program 
was renamed the ``ONC HIT Certification Program'' in a final rule 
published on September 4, 2012 (77 FR 54163) (``2014 Edition EHR 
Certification Criteria final rule''). In the preamble of the Permanent 
Certification Program final rule, we stated that when the National 
Coordinator had approved test tools and test procedures for 
certification criteria adopted by the Secretary ONC would publish a 
notice of availability in the Federal Register and identify the 
approved test tools and test procedures on the ONC Web site.
    In the 2014 Edition Release 2 EHR Certification Criteria final rule 
the Secretary adopted additional and revised certification criteria as 
part of the 2014 Edition EHR certification criteria (79 FR 54430). The 
National Coordinator has approved test tools and test procedures for 
testing EHR technology to most of these additional and revised 
certification criteria under the ONC HIT Certification Program.\1\ 
These approved test tools and test procedures are identified on the ONC 
Web site at: http://healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/testing-and-test-methods. The test tools and test procedures for the 
``optional--transitions of care'' certification criterion (Sec.  
170.314(b)(8)) and the optional testing and certification for the 
``view, download, and transmit to 3rd party'' certification criterion 
(Sec.  170.314(e)(1)) have not yet been approved. Draft test procedures 
for Sec.  170.314(b)(8) and the optional testing and certification for 
Sec.  170.314(e)(1) are available on the Web site listed above.
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    \1\ These certification criteria are: Sec.  170.314(a)(18), 
(a)(19), (a)(20), (b)(9), (f)(7), (g)(1), (g)(3), (h)(1), (h)(2), 
and (h)(3).

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    Authority:  42 U.S.C. 300jj-11.

    Dated: January 21, 2015.
Lisa Lewis,
Acting National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-01535 Filed 1-27-15; 8:45 am]
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