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Health IT - Health Index Category: Health and Medicine Date & country: 22/07/2014, USA Words: 31

Type-2 Violations
The National Coordinator may revoke an ONC-Authorized Certification Body's (ONC-ACB) status for failing to timely or adequately correct a Type-2 violation. Type-2 violations constitute noncompliance with 170.560.

Testing
The process used to determine the degree to which a Complete EHR or EHR Module can meet specific, predefined, measurable, and quantitative requirements.

Type-1 Violations
The National Coordinator may revoke an ONC-Authorized Certification Body's (ONC-ACB) status for committing a Type-1 violation. Type-1 violations include violation of law or ONC HIT Certification Program policies that threaten or significantly undermine the integrity of the program. These violations include, but are not limited to: False, fraudulent, or abusive activities that affect the program, a program administered by HHS or any program administered by the federal government.

Standards
Published statement on a topic specifying the characteristics, usually measurable, that must be satisfied or achieved to comply with the standard; technical, functional, or performance-based, in this context.

Remote Certification
The use of methods, including the use of web-based tools or secured electronic transmissions, that do not require an ONC-Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) to be physically present at the development or deployment site to conduct certification.

Revocation
The National Coordinator may revoke an ONC-Authorized Certification Body's (ONC-ACB) status if a determination is made that revocation if appropriate after considering the information provided by the ONC-ACB in response to the proposed revocation notice or the ONC-ACB does not respond to a proposed revocation notice within the specified timeframe in paragraph (1)(e) of 170.565.

Opportunity to Become Compliant
After receipt of a noncompliance notification, an ONC-Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) is permitted up to 30 days to submit a written response and accompanying documentation that demonstrates that no violation occurred or that the alleged violation has been corrected.

Proposed Revocation
The National Coordinator may propose to revoke an ONC-Authorized Certification Body's (ONC-ACB) status if the National Coordinator has reliable evidence that the ONC-ACB has committed a Type-1 violation. The National Coordinator may propose to revoke an ONC-ACB's status if, after the ONC-ACB has been notified of a Type-2 violation, the ONC-ACB fails to rebut the finding of a violation with sufficient evidence showing that the violation did not occur or that the violation has been corrected or submit to the National Coordinator a written response to the noncompliance notification within the specified timeframe under paragraph (b)(2) of section 170.565.

ONC HIT Certification Program
New name of the Permanent Certification Program (PCP), which provides clearer attribution to the agency responsible for the program and an appropriate description of the program's scope, covering both current and potential future activities.

ONC-Approved Accreditor (ONC-AA)
An accreditation organization that the National Coordinator has approved to accredit certification bodies under the ONC HIT Certification Program.

Inpatient Practice Type
Certified EHR that is specific to inpatient practice settings.

Meaningful Use (MU)
Sets specific objectives that Eligible Professionals (EPs) and Eligible Hospitals (EHs) must achieve to qualify for the CMS EHR Incentive Programs. Simply put, Meaningful Use (MU) means providers need to show they're using Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT) in ways that can be measured significantly in quality and in quantity.

Noncompliance Notification
If the National Coordinator obtains reliable evidence that an ONC-Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) may no longer be in compliance with 170.560, the National Coordinator will issue a noncompliance notification to the ONC-ACB requesting that the ONC-ACB respond to the alleged violation and correct the violation, if applicable.

Implementation Specification
Specific requirements or instructions for implementing a standard.

Inherited Certified Status
When a newer version of a previously certified Complete EHR inherits the certified status of the previously certified Complete EHR without requiring the newer version to be recertified.

Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC)
A Federal Advisory Committee that coordinates industry and provider input regarding the Medicare and Medicaid Incentive Programs, as well as in consideration of current program data for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.

Good Standing Determination
If the National Coordinator determines that an ONC-Authorized Certification Body's (ONC-ACB) status should not be revoked, the National Coordinator will notify the ONC-ACB's authorized representative in writing of this determination.

EHR Reporting Period
The period in which an Eligible Professional (EP) or Eligible Hospital (EH) demonstrates Meaningful Use (MU). Providers who are demonstrating MU for the first time have an EHR reporting period of 90 days, regardless of payment year.

Gap Certification
Gap certification is the certification of a previously certified Complete EHR or EHR Module(s) to: all applicable new and/or revised certification criteria adopted by the Secretary based on the test results of an Accredited Testing Laboratory (ATL); and all other applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary based on the test results used to previously certify the Complete EHR or EHR Module(s).

Complete EHR
EHR technology that has been developed to meet, at a minimum, all mandatory certification criteria adopted by the Secretary for either an ambulatory setting or inpatient setting of an edition.

Critical-Access Hospital (CAH)
Eligible rural hospitals.

Deployment Site
The physical location where a Complete EHR, EHR Module(s) or other type of HIT resides or is being or has been implemented.

EHR Module
An EHR component that meets at least one certification criterion adopted by the Secretary.

Certification Program
The ONC Certification Program provides a defined process to ensure that EHR technologies meet the adopted standards, certification criteria, and other technical requirements to achieve Meaningful Use (MU).

Certification Criteria
The criteria that establishes the technical capabilities that Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT) would need to include, to, at a minimum, support the achievement of Meaningful Use (MU) to Eligible Professionals (EPs), Eligible Hospitals (EHs), and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.

Base EHR
EHR Technology that includes fundamental capabilities all providers would need to have.

Certification
The assessment (and subsequent assertion) made by an organization, once it has analyzed the quantitative results rendered from testing along with other qualitative factors, that a Complete EHR or EHR Module has met all of the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary.

Ambulatory Practice Type
Health care service provided to a patient who is not admitted to a facility. Ambulatory care may be provided in a doctor's office, clinic, the patient's home or hospital outpatient department.

Applicant
A single organization or a consortium of organizations that seek to become an ONC-Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) by requesting and subsequently submitting an application for ONC-ACB status to the National Coordinator.

Attestation
The process by which an Eligible Professional (EP) or Eligible Hospital (EH) legally states through CMS that they've demonstrated Meaningful Use (MU) with Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT).

Accredited Testing Laboratory (ATL)
An organization accredited by NVLAP to test EHR technology (Complete EHRs and/or EHR Modules) in the ONC HIT Certification Program; tests EHR technology as being in compliance with the standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria.