Certified EHR Systems Not Always Interoperable

Electronic health record systems (EHR) certified for Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements are not always interoperable with other EHR systems, due to errors on Consolidated-Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) documents such as incorrect data, inconsistent data, terminology misuse, and element optionality through inclusion or omission. EHR vendors must demonstrate that their systems can read and exchange C-CDA documents in order to be certified for use by in Meaningful Use Stage 2, which began in October, 2013 for hospitals and January 1, 2014 for providers.

These findings were reported in “Are Meaningful Use Stage 2 certified EHRs ready for . . .