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Additional Requirement – 38: Health Information Technology (IT) Interoperability
Successful applicants under the NOFO agree that:
Where award funding involves:
Where award funding involves:
Recipients and subrecipients are required to:
Recipients and subrecipients are required to:
Implementing, acquiring, or upgrading health IT for activities by any funded entity
Implementing, acquiring, or upgrading health IT for activities by any funded entity
Use health IT that meets standards and implementation specifications adopted in 45 CFR part 170, Subpart B, if such standards and implementation specifications can support the activity.
Visit 45 CFR part 170, Subpart B to learn more.
Use health IT that meets standards and implementation specifications adopted in 45 CFR part 170, Subpart B, if such standards and implementation specifications can support the activity.
Visit 45 CFR part 170, Subpart B to learn more.
Implementing, acquiring, or upgrading health IT for activities by eligible clinicians in ambulatory settings, or hospitals, eligible under Sections 4101, 4102, and 4201 of the HITECH Act
Implementing, acquiring, or upgrading health IT for activities by eligible clinicians in ambulatory settings, or hospitals, eligible under Sections 4101, 4102, and 4201 of the HITECH Act
Use health IT certified under the ONC Health IT Certification Program, if certified technology can support the activity.
Visit Certification of Health IT to learn more.
Use health IT certified under the ONC Health IT Certification Program, if certified technology can support the activity.
Visit Certification of Health IT to learn more.
If standards and implementation specifications adopted in 45 CFR part 170, Subpart B cannot support the activity, recipients and subrecipients are encouraged to utilize health IT that meets non-proprietary standards and implementation specifications developed by consensus-based standards development organizations. This may include standards identified in the ONC Interoperability Standards Advisory.
