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Section 1b: EHR - Electronic Health Records

HL7 EHR-S Functional Profile: Meaningful Use, Release 1 - US Realm

DESCRIPTION

The HL7 Meaningful Use Functional Profile (MU FP) conforms to the HL7 EHR-S FM Release 2.0 and identifies functional requirements and conformance criteria corresponding to US Meaningful Use Stage 1 and 2 certification criteria. 

The intent of the MU FP is to build the EHRS FM to a common end point with US Meaningful Use EHR System Functional Requirements (as specified by US regulations, ONC Meaningful Use Certification Criteria and NIST Test Procedures).

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 EHR-S Functional Profile: Meaningful Use, Release 1 - US Realm may also go by the following names or acronyms:

"HL7 EHR-S Meaningful Use Certification Criteria FP, Release 1",MU FP

TARGETS

  • Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
  • Regulatory Agency
  • Payors
  • EHR, PHR Vendors
  • Health Care IT Vendors
  • Clinical Decision Support Systems Vendors
  • Local and State Departments of Health
  • Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health)
  • Health Information Exchanges
  • Certification Bodies

BENEFITS

  • Ensures ISO/HL7 EHR System Functional Model remains relevant in the context of the US Meaningful Use Programs, now in Stages 1-2
  • Establishes a point of functional equivalence between ONC Certification Criteria for Meaningful Use, ONC/NIST Test Procedures and ISO/HL7 10781 EHR System Functional Model Release 2
  • Enables simultaneous EHR system certification against Meaningful Use (US) and ISO/HL7 Standards (international), without extra work

IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES

  • The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) acted as a external collaborator on this project.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 EHR-S Functional Profile: Meaningful Use, Release 1 - US Realm

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BALLOT TYPE

  • Informative

STATUS DATE

2015-09-10

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

Electronic Health Records

PRODUCT TYPE

  • Functional Profile

STAKEHOLDERS

  • Clinical Decision Support Systems Vendors
  • EHR, PHR Vendors
  • Health Care IT Vendors
  • Healthcare Institutions
  • Local and State Departments of Health
  • Payors
  • Regulatory Agency
  • Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)

FAMILY

  • EHR

CURRENT STATE

  • Stable

REALM

  • US Realm