EHR Safety-enhanced design (§170.315.g.3) (aka Usability) Testing for ONC 2015 Certification
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has made several enhancements to the Safety-enhanced (aka usability) testing portion of the certification criteria.
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) established a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) that, in part, is based upon compliance with certain rules. The following describes what is required to obtain the ONC 2015 Edition Certification for Safety-enhanced Design (§170.315.g.3) for an EHR.
The B11 criteria, as mandated by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), play a crucial role in EHR certification, specifically focusing on decision support interventions to improve patient safety and clinical workflow efficiency.
ONC's HTI-1 final rule implements provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act and makes updates to the ONC Health IT Certification Program with new and updated standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria.
In a public comment on the certification process, Drummond (one of the ONC ATCB's) stated that
"...the usability test effort is not a small undertaking for EHR vendors. In fact, it {is} essentially one of the most difficult criteria to complete."
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Usability reports produced by The Usability People adhere to the NISTIR 7742 CCIF format suitable for submission to an ONC-ACB. We can also provide a set of prioritized, detailed, and actionable feedback that you can take directly to your design and development teams for implementation.
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Usability - The effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular environments (ISO 9241-11).
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