sábado, 8 de septiembre de 2012

2014 Edition Draft Test Procedures | Policy Researchers & Implementers | HealthIT.gov

2014 Draft Test Procedures: Wave One Released for Public Review and Comment

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is pleased to announce the release of the first set of 2014 Edition draft Test Procedures and applicable test data files.

The draft Test Procedures will be posted on Healthit.gov in waves. A notice will be distributed via Listserv announcement for each wave. Each set of draft Test Procedures posted in a given wave will begin a two-week comment period for that wave. All Test Procedures will undergo public review and comment before being finalized and approved by ONC for use in testing and certification.

Comments and suggestions should be submitted to ONC.Certification@hhs.gov. All submissions should include "Test Procedure" in the subject line.

For more information, and the Wave One 2014 Edition draft Test Procedures, please visit http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/2014-edition-draft-test-procedures.

2014 Edition Draft Test Procedures

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has posted the first wave of draft Test Procedures and applicable test data files for the 2014 Edition EHR certification criteria. The Test Procedures, once finalized and approved by the National Coordinator, will be used for testing and certifying EHR technology under the ONC HIT Certification Program (formerly referred to as the Permanent Certification Program or PCP). The Test Procedures are being developed in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

General Purpose

The Test Procedures will be used by testing laboratories and certification bodies to evaluate conformance and functionality of Complete Electronic Health Records (EHRs) or EHR Modules against the standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria adopted by the HHS Secretary for 2014 certification. The Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology, Final Rule [PDF - 1.25MB], published September 4, 2012, establishes the 2014 Edition EHR Certification Criteria used to develop draft Test Procedures.

Public Review and Comment Process

The draft Test Procedures and applicable test data files are posted on the ONC website and made available for public review and comment. (If there is no test data link, test data are either not required or supplied by the vendor.) The first wave is posted below; additional waves will be added to this website on a weekly or bi-weekly basis until all have been posted. A two-week comment period will follow each wave throughout September and October 2012.
Comments and suggestions should be submitted to ONC.Certification@hhs.gov. All submissions should include "Test Procedure" in the subject line.
After draft Test Procedures have been through the public comment and review process, ONC will revise and finalize them. The final set of Test Procedures is expected to be available for use in testing and certification in early 2013.