Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's Oversight of the Testing and Certification of Electronic Health Records.

摘要

To improve the quality and value of American health care, the Federal Government promotes the use of certified electronic health record (EHR) applications by health care professionals and hospitals (providers). As an incentive, the Federal Government is paying providers who attest to the meaningful use of EHRs. As of December 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had paid more than $19 billion in incentive payments to more than 340,000 providers who have attested to using EHRs. To receive incentive payments, providers must use EHRs that have been certified by an authorized testing and certification body (ATCB) in accordance with Federal security standards. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), oversees the testing and certification process for EHRs. Together with ONC and with ONCs approval, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed test procedures for the ATCBs to use when determining whether EHRs met the Federal security standards.