IHE and Meaningful Use Announcements

These crossed my desk over the last couple of days ...

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IHE Radiology Technical Framework Supplements Published for Public Comment The IHE Radiology Technical Committee has published the following supplements to the IHE Radiology Technical Framework for Public Comment in the period from March 30 through April 30, 2012: Cross-Enterprise Document Reliable Interchange of Images (XDR-I) Import Reconciliation Workflow Extensions (IRWF Extensions) Post-Processing Workflow with Application Hosting (PPWF.b) These profiles will be available for testing at subsequent IHE Connectathons. Comments submitted by April 30, 2012 will be considered by the Radiology Technical Committee in developing the trial implementation version of the supplements. The documents are available for download at http://ihe.net/Technical_Framework/public_comment.cfm. Comments should be submitted at http://ihe.net/radiology/radiologycomments.cfm.  follow on Twitter | forward to a friend

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Resources available on Standards and Certification NPRM; check out the public comment template On March 7, 2012, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed revisions to the initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria adopted in a 2010 final rule. The 2014 Edition EHR certification criteria were jointly proposed with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) NPRM on the EHR Incentive Programs – which provides incentive payments to eligible health care providers that adopt Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT) and susequently demonstrate "meaningful use." Public comments will be accepted through Monday, May 7, 2012. ONC will take into consideration all timely public comments as it develops a final rule, which we anticipate publishing this summer. We encourage commenters to submit comments electronically at regulations.gov. To enhance public participation in the rulemaking process, ONC has made available on its website HealthIT.gov a copy of the rule in Microsoft Word format and is piloting a "Public Comment Template" meant to provide the public with a simple and organized way to submit comments. Additionally, several educational resources are now available to illustrate the relationship of the 2014 edition certification criteria to the policy proposals in the ONC proposed rule. Visit www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/meaningful-use-stage-2 to learn more. Questions? Contact us at onc.request@hhs.gov.