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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esult, we do not believe that this commenter’s recommendation is applicable to this<br />
<strong>certification</strong> criterion.<br />
Comment. A commenter recommended that the CPOE <strong>certification</strong> criterion<br />
should include a prompt for an authorized user <strong>of</strong> the CPOE to include diagnosis codes at<br />
order entry.<br />
Response. We do not believe that it would be appropriate to specify this type <strong>of</strong><br />
capability as a condition <strong>of</strong> <strong>certification</strong> because it is not central to the meaningful use<br />
objective and measure this <strong>certification</strong> criterion is intended to support.<br />
§170.304(b) - Electronically exchange prescription information<br />
Meaningful Use<br />
Stage 1<br />
Objective<br />
Generate and<br />
transmit<br />
permissible<br />
prescriptions<br />
electronically<br />
(eRx)<br />
Meaningful Use<br />
Stage 1 Measure<br />
More than 40% <strong>of</strong><br />
all permissible<br />
prescriptions<br />
written by the EP<br />
are transmitted<br />
electronically<br />
using certified<br />
EHR technology<br />
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Certification Criterion<br />
Interim Final Rule Text:<br />
Enable a user to electronically transmit medication orders<br />
(prescriptions) for patients in accordance with the standards<br />
specified in §170.205(c).<br />
Final Rule Text:<br />
§170.304(b)<br />
Electronic prescribing. Enable a user to electronically generate<br />
and transmit prescriptions and prescription-related information in<br />
accordance with:<br />
(1) The standard specified in §170.205(b)(1) or §170.205(b)(2);<br />
and<br />
(2) The standard specified in 170.207(d).<br />
Comments. Many commenters supported the adoption <strong>of</strong> NCPDP SCRIPT 8.1<br />
and the inclusion <strong>of</strong> NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6. These commenters also encouraged the<br />
exclusive adoption <strong>of</strong> NCPDP 10.6 for meaningful use Stage 2. One commenter stated<br />
that more clarification was needed as to which NCPDP SCRIPT standard was required<br />
for <strong>certification</strong>.<br />
Response. In the Interim Final Rule, we stated that we expected that CMS would<br />
identify as a backwards compatible standard NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 and permit its use as