ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
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23) during the EHR<br />
reporting period<br />
whose results are<br />
either in a<br />
positive/negative or<br />
numerical format are<br />
incorporated in<br />
certified EHR<br />
technology as<br />
structured data<br />
Comments on 170.302(g)(1)<br />
493.1291(c)(1) through (7).<br />
(4) Update. Enable a user to electronically update a<br />
patient’s record based upon received laboratory test<br />
results.<br />
Final Rule Text:<br />
§170.302(h)<br />
(1) Unchanged<br />
(2) Display test report information. Electronically display<br />
all the information for a test report specified at 42 CFR<br />
493.1291(c)(1) through (7).<br />
(3) Incorporate results. Electronically attribute, associate,<br />
or link a laboratory test result to a laboratory order or<br />
patient record.<br />
Comments. A few commenters suggested that we specify in the regulation that<br />
the reference to receiving clinical laboratory test results in a “structured format” means in<br />
HL7 version 2.3.1 format. These commenters further recommended that we refer to HL7<br />
version 2.3.1 within the <strong>certification</strong> criterion. These commenters stated that many<br />
Complete EHR and EHR Module developers already use HL7 2.3.1 and that adopting it<br />
as a standard would spur industry-wide adoption and also set the stage for driving<br />
adoption <strong>of</strong> future HL7 standards, like HL7 2.5.1, in the later stages <strong>of</strong> meaningful use.<br />
A commenter in support <strong>of</strong> including HL7 2.3.1 stated that it was c<strong>onc</strong>erned that if we<br />
did not specify a standard for this requirement that there could be confusion regarding<br />
which version <strong>of</strong> the standard should be used, and that laboratories would have to<br />
continue to support multiple standards. Another commenter also noted that we did not<br />
specify a standard format for the laboratory results that Certified EHR Technology must<br />
be capable <strong>of</strong> receiving. This commenter, however, stated that many EHRs are compliant<br />
with HL7 2.5.1 for the purposes <strong>of</strong> receiving laboratory results. The commenter also<br />
recommended that we apply this <strong>certification</strong> criterion differently for ambulatory and<br />
inpatient settings by requiring that Complete EHRs and EHR Modules designed for an<br />
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