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ehr onc final certification - Department of Health Care Services

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EHRs and EHR Modules designed for ambulatory setting. These commenters<br />

recommended the addition <strong>of</strong> other demographic information for additional clarity, as<br />

discussed above.<br />

Comment. A commenter stated that an EHR is not an appropriate source <strong>of</strong> legal<br />

documentation for births and deaths because they indicated that it is not possible to obtain<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficial birth and death certificates from a provider or hospital.<br />

Response. In c<strong>onc</strong>ert with and following the changes made to this meaningful use<br />

objective which are explained in more detail in the Medicare and Medicaid EHR<br />

Incentive Programs <strong>final</strong> rule, we believe that the changes we have made to this specific<br />

part <strong>of</strong> the <strong>certification</strong> criterion address this commenter’s c<strong>onc</strong>ern.<br />

§170.306(c) - Clinical decision support<br />

Meaningful Use<br />

Stage 1<br />

Objective<br />

Implement one<br />

clinical decision<br />

support rule related<br />

to a high priority<br />

hospital condition<br />

along with the<br />

ability to track<br />

compliance with<br />

that rule<br />

Meaningful Use<br />

Stage 1 Measure<br />

Implement one<br />

clinical decision<br />

support rule<br />

Page 163 <strong>of</strong> 228<br />

Certification Criterion<br />

Interim Final Rule Text:<br />

(1) Implement rules. Implement automated, electronic clinical<br />

decision support rules (in addition to drug-drug and drugallergy<br />

contraindication checking) according to a high priority<br />

hospital condition that use demographic data, specific patient<br />

diagnoses, conditions, diagnostic test results and/or patient<br />

medication list.<br />

(2) Alerts. Automatically and electronically generate and<br />

indicate in real-time, alerts and care suggestions based upon<br />

clinical decision support rules and evidence grade.<br />

(3) Alert statistics. Automatically and electronically track,<br />

record, and generate reports on the number <strong>of</strong> alerts responded<br />

to by a user.<br />

Final Rule Text:<br />

§170.306(c)<br />

(1) Implement rules. Implement automated, electronic clinical<br />

decision support rules (in addition to drug-drug and drugallergy<br />

contraindication checking) based on the data elements<br />

included in: problem list; medication list; demographics; and<br />

laboratory test results.<br />

(2) Notifications. Automatically and electronically generate<br />

and indicate in real-time, notifications and care suggestions<br />

based upon clinical decision support rules.

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