MU Stage1 Final Rule - Record Demographics (EP)

SECTION # Section 170.304(c)—Record Demographics

MU OBJECTIVE Record demographics: • preferred language • gender • race • ethnicity • date of birth

MU STAGE 1 MEASURE More than 50% of all unique patients seen by the EP or admitted to the eligible hospital’s or CAH’s inpatient or emergency department (POS 21 or 23) have demographics recorded as structured data

CERTIFICATION CRITERION Final Rule Text: §170.304(c). Record demographics. Enable a user to electronically record, modify, and retrieve patient demographic data including preferred language, gender, race, ethnicity, and date of birth. Enable race and ethnicity to be recorded in accordance with the standard specified at 170.207(f).

STANDARDS 170.207(f) http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_1997standards/

TEST CRITERIA # §170.304(c) http://healthcare.nist.gov/docs/170.304.c_RecordDemographicsAmb_v1.0.pdf

USERS	CORE / MENU	SOLUTION DEVELOPERS	STATUS
EP	CORE	TBD	TBD

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Race
- American Indian or Alaska Native
- Asian
- Black or African American
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
- White

Ethnicity:
- Hispanic or Latino
- Not Hispanic or Latino

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