ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services
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Response. We clarify that we do not expect Certified EHR Technology to<br />
natively (or internally) support LOINC in its entirety, which is why we do not believe<br />
that it is necessary to specify a subset <strong>of</strong> common LOINC codes. Given the diverse<br />
comments and requests for clarification on this specific aspect <strong>of</strong> the <strong>certification</strong><br />
criterion, we agree with commenters that we should not require a LOINC code that has<br />
been received, to then be displayed. Accordingly, we have decided to remove this<br />
requirement from the <strong>certification</strong> criterion. We do, however, wish to further clarify our<br />
current approach to Certified EHR Technology’s use <strong>of</strong> LOINC codes. Presently, we<br />
expect Certified EHR Technology to be able to reuse a LOINC code <strong>onc</strong>e it has been<br />
received and is accessible to Certified EHR Technology. We do not expect, as we<br />
mention above, that Certified EHR Technology will have to crosswalk or map internal or<br />
local codes to LOINC codes. This clarification is applicable to the standard that we have<br />
adopted regarding LOINC codes now specified at §170.207. This response is applicable<br />
to similar comments we received on other <strong>certification</strong> criteria that also referenced the<br />
use <strong>of</strong> LOINC codes. Finally, we agree with the commenter who suggested that we<br />
revise the heading <strong>of</strong> the standard at §170.205(a)(2)(iii). We have done this as part <strong>of</strong> the<br />
overall restructuring <strong>of</strong> the regulation text.<br />
Comments on 170.302(g)(3)<br />
Comments. Some commenters agreed with the capability specified in<br />
170.302(g)(3). One noted a c<strong>onc</strong>ern that modifications to either a certified Complete<br />
EHR or certified EHR Module could potentially result in the failure <strong>of</strong> Certified EHR<br />
Technology to display the test report information as required by the regulations and,<br />
thereby, put the laboratory in technical violation <strong>of</strong> the CLIA regulations. These<br />
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