The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) develops the functional and conformance testing requirements for the testing and certification of Health IT Modules to the certification criteria adopted by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. Only ONC-approved test methods can be used to test products intended for certification in the ONC Health IT Certification Program (please note that any individual or organization may submit test methods to ONC for approval). Test methods (test procedures, test data, and test tools) are used by ONC-Approved Testing Laboratories (ONC-ATLs) and ONC-Approved Certification Bodies (ONC-ACBs) to evaluate the conformance and functionality of Health IT Modules. Please consult the Final Rule entitled: 2015 Edition Health Information Technology (Health IT) Certification Criteria, 2015 Edition Base Electronic Health Record (EHR) Definition, and ONC Health IT Certification Program Modifications as well as the Certification Companion Guide for a detailed description of the certification criterion with which these testing steps are associated. We also encourage developers to consult the Certification Companion Guide in tandem with the test procedure as they provide clarifications that may be useful for product development and testing. The public comment period for 2015 Edition Draft test procedures, and test data for both §170.315(g)(1) and (g)(2) criteria Eligible Hospital domain will end on October 10th, 2018. The public comment for the previous version of §170.315(g)(1) and (g)(2) criteria ended on November 21st, 2016. The public comment period for the 2015 Edition Draft § 170.315 (c)(1), § 170.315 (c)(2), § 170.315 (c)(3) and § 170.315 (c)(4) ended on July 8th, 2016. The public comment period for the 2015 Edition Draft § 170.315 (g)(1) and § 170.315 (g)(2) and § 170.315 (b)(3), 170.315 (h)(1) and 170.315 (h)(2) Test Procedures ended December 31st 2015. The comment period for the remaining Test Procedures ended on November 30th 2015.
Finally, we encourage commenters to review the Summary of Comment for 2015 Edition NPRM Draft Test Procedures for more information on how the 2015 draft test procedures were updated in response to the first round of public comment. All test procedures will undergo public review and comment before being finalized and approved by the National Coordinator.The public comment period for 2015 Edition Draft test procedure for the §170.315(f)(5) criteria will end on April 10th, 2017. Each test procedure includes a grid of testing components that the ATLs would use as the test approach for a particular criteria. The key is below:
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