ONC Health IT Certification Program Updates (07/28/2017)

ONC Health IT Certification Program Updates (07/28/2017)

Test Method Updates

Recently Updated Test Procedures (TPs)

2015 Edition Test Procedures (TPs)
Criterion Number	Criterion Title	Details
§ 170.315(c)(1)	Clinical quality measures (CQMs) – record and export	In section (ii) Test Lab Verification step 3, reference to the Cypress Test Tool and the QRDA validation report was omitted for clarification.

Recently Updated Certification Companion Guides (CCGs)

2015 Edition Certification Companion Guides (CCGs)
Criterion Number	Criterion Title	Details
§ 170.315(a)(5)	Demographics	Added clarification that the health IT must support recording each one of a patient’s races and ethnicities and that all the recorded races and ethnicities must be aggregated to the appropriate OMB codes.