§ 170.102 Definitions.

For the purposes of this part:

2015 Edition Base EHR means an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that:

(1) Includes patient demographic and clinical health information, such as medical history and problem lists;

(2) Has the capacity:

(i) To provide clinical decision support;

(ii) To support physician order entry;

(iii) To capture and query information relevant to health care quality;

(iv) To exchange electronic health information with, and integrate such information from other sources; and

(3) Has been certified to the certification criteria adopted by the Secretary in—

(i) Section 170.315(a)(1), (2), or (3); (a)(5), (a)(9), (a)(14), (b)(1), (c)(1), (g)(7) and (9), and (h)(1) or (2);

(ii) Section 170.315(g)(8) or (10) for the period before December 31, 2022; and

(iii) Section 170.315(g)(10) on and after December 31, 2022.

2015 Edition health IT certification criteria means the certification criteria in § 170.315.

Certification criteria means criteria:

(1) To establish that health information technology meets applicable standards and implementation specifications adopted by the Secretary; or

(2) That are used to test and certify that health information technology includes required capabilities.

Common Clinical Data Set means the following data expressed, where indicated, according to the specified standard(s):

(1) Patient name.

(2) Sex: The standard specified in § 170.207(n)(1).

(3) Date of birth.

(4) Race:

(i) The standard specified in § 170.207(f)(2); and