[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 98]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31484]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Notice of Availability: Test Tools and Test Procedures Approved
by the National Coordinator for the ONC HIT Certification Program
AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology (ONC), Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of test tools and test
procedures approved by the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology (the National Coordinator) for the testing of EHR technology
to the 2014 Edition EHR certification criteria under the ONC HIT
Certification Program. The approved test tools and test procedures are
identified on the ONC Web site at: http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/2014-edition-final-test-method.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Bean, Director, Office of
Certification, Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology, 202-690-7151.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 7, 2011, the Department of
Health and Human Services issued a final rule establishing a permanent
certification program for the purposes of testing and certifying health
information technology (``Establishment of the Permanent Certification
Program for Health Information Technology,'' 76 FR 1262) (Permanent
Certification Program final rule). The permanent certification program
was renamed the ``ONC HIT Certification Program'' in a final rule
published on September 4, 2012 (77 FR 54163) (``2014 Edition EHR
Certification Criteria final rule''). In the preamble of the Permanent
Certification Program final rule, we stated that when the National
Coordinator had approved test tools and test procedures for
certification criteria adopted by the Secretary ONC would publish a
notice of availability in the Federal Register and identify the
approved test tools and test procedures on the ONC Web site. In the
2014 Edition EHR Certification Criteria final rule the Secretary
adopted the 2014 Edition EHR certification criteria. The National
Coordinator has approved test tools and test procedures for testing EHR
technology to the 2014 Edition EHR certification criteria under the ONC
HIT Certification Program. These approved test tools and test
procedures are identified on the ONC Web site at: http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/2014-edition-final-test-method.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300jj-11.
Dated: December 19, 2012.
Farzad Mostashari M.D.,
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-31484 Filed 12-31-12; 8:45 am]
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