ONC Commissions Tool to Test Stage 2 Quality Measures in EHRs

The ONC has commissioned the development of an open source certification testing tool, called Cypress, to capture, calculate and report clinical quality measure results under Stage 2 of the electronic health records meaningful use program, according to a Health Data Management report.

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The tool will be free for vendors and testing laboratories. According to guidance from ONC, the CQM certification criteria addressed by Cypress may include the following:

Export — The capability of EHR technology to create a data file that can be incorporated by another EHR technology that could calculate CQMs.

Calculate — The capability of EHR technology to incorporate data (from other EHR technology when necessary) and correctly calculate the result for CQMs.

Report — The capability of EHR technology to create a standard data file that can be electronically accepted by CMS.

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