ONC Rule, CMS Meaningful Use Stage 3 Rule Incorporate UDIs Into EHRs

October 7, 2015 at 5:58 PM
Unique device identifiers will be a required field in electronic health records under CMS' meaningful use Stage 3 rule and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's EHR 2015 criteria released Tuesday (Oct. 6). The Pew Charitable Trusts says incorporating UDIs into EHRs is critical to spur widespread adoption and ensure the benefits of the identifiers are realized. UDI capture in health records will be required for ONC certification, and UDI data will have to to be...

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