2015 Edition §170.315(b)(8) Data Segmentation for Privacy

Please consult the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) 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 for a detailed description of the proposed certification criterion with which these testing steps
are associated.
1. Required Tests
Note: The order in which the test steps are listed reflects the sequence of the certification criterion and does not necessarily
prescribe the order in which the test should take place.
1.1 Data Segmentation for Privacy
Evaluate the Health IT Module’s ability to receive a summary of care record that is tagged as restricted, apply
document-level tagging and sequester the document from others, and view the restricted document, without
incorporating it.
Item #
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Technical Outcome
Test Lab Verification
Test Approach
A user can receive a summary of care
document that is tagged as restricted and
subject to restrictions on re-disclosure,
according to the standard adopted at
§170.205(o)(1).
The tester verifies that the Health IT
Module can receive summary of care
documents that are tagged as
restricted, according to the standard
adopted at §170.205(o)(1).
Test data, test tool,
and visual
inspection.
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A user can save the restricted document to
a patient’s record and sequester it from
other documents received for that specific
patient.
The tester verifies that the Health IT
Module applies document-level
tagging and allows a user to
sequester the restricted document
from other documents.
Test data and
visual inspection.
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Appropriate users can view the data in the
document without incorporating that data
into the patient’s record as discreet data
elements.
The tester verifies that the Health IT
Module allows a user to view the
data in the document without
incorporating it into the patient’s
record (i.e. medications, medication
allergies, problems).
Test data and
visual inspection.
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2. Document History
Version Number
Description of Change
Date
1.0
Released for Public Comment
March 31, 2015
3. Dependencies
For all related and required criteria, please refer to the Master Table of Related and Required Criteria.
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