ONC Health IT Certification Program Updates - September 29

ONC Health IT Certification Program Updates (9/29/2016)

Test Method Updates

The ONC Health IT Certification Program 2015 Edition Test Method table is now sortable.

Recently Updated Test Procedures (TPs)

2015 Edition Test Procedures (TPs)
Criterion Number	Criterion Title	Details
§ 170.315(a)(5)	Demographics	Version 1.3
§ 170.315(b)(3)	Electronic Prescribing	Version 1.1
§ 170.315(b)(1)	Transitions of Care	Version 1.5

Recently Updated Certification Companion Guide (CCG)

2015 Edition Certification Companion Guides (CCGs)
Criterion Number	Criterion Title	Details
§ 170.102	Common Clinical Data Set Definition	Version 1.3
§ 170.315(a)(5)	Demographics	Version 1.4
§ 170.315(e)(1)	Electronic Prescribing	Version 1.2
Common Clinical Data Set (CCDS) Reference Document

Edge Test Tool Transition

ONC is pleased to announce that the Edge Test Tool has been fully transitioned into ONC's Transport Testing Platform (TTP). The Edge Test Tool can now be accessed at the ONC’s TTP website.

Beginning October 1, 2016 an automatic redirect form the NIST Edge Test Tool site to the ONC hosting environment will be available.

For more information or questions please contact: SITTeam@hhs.gov

Monthly Validator Releases

Effective Monday, September 26, the C-CDA validator and associated test data package updates will follow a monthly update schedule. The updates will be available on the last Monday of each month.

For more information or questions please contact: SITTeam@hhs.gov

CYPRESS User Guide

The Cypress 3.0 User Guide is now available. This guide provides instructions on how to use the open source Cypress 3.0 tool, and addresses requirements and steps for testing Health IT products for calculating and reporting eCQMs. The User Guide is available on the Cypress websitehttps://healthit.gov/cypress/.

Cypress is sponsored by the CMS and ONC and has been developed by MITRE. Questions and feedback for cypress may be directed to project-cypress-talk@googlegroups.com.

Certification Program 101

The new ONC Health IT Playbook features a section on Certified Health IT geared toward assisting providers understand how certified health IT can be used in their practices to improve clinical care. The section includes a new program overview of the ONC Health IT Certification Program.

For additional information on the 2015 edition requirements, please visit https://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/2015-edition-final-rule.

Questions may be directed to ONC's Office of Certification via email at: ONC.Certification@hhs.gov.