Cypress v2.3 Released
Colbert, Jean D.
Cypress v2.3 is now available for testing the June updates to the Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 2 Eligible Professional (EP) CQMs. The new release, measure bundles, and release notes are available on the Cypress website (http://projectcypress.org/ ).
New Features for Cypress V2.3 Release
· Support for the annual Eligible Professional Clinical Quality Measure (CQM) Update:
Cypress v2.3 includes the updated specifications introduced in June by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In addition, the Cypress test data was adjusted accordingly to meet Meaningful Use Stage 2 testing and certification standards.
· QRDA category I XML automated analysis
Cypress v2.3 automates the content validation of the QRDA category I test (automatic structural validation will continue as normal in the Cypress software).
· Additional clinical code validation
Cypress v2.3 introduces the validation of clinical codes against clinical quality measure value sets as determined by the National Library of Medicine's (NLM's) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC).
· Limiting HTML test files to clinical quality measure certifying data (aka “HTML Scoop and Filter”)
When testing with Cypress v2.3, the HTML view of the patient data will include data only for the clinical quality measures that are being tested and certified. No extraneous data will be present.
· Measure Bundles
With the release of Cypress v2.3, users will be able to select the version of the measure that you want to use when you create tests in Cypress. You can do this if you install an older Cypress "bundle" for v2.1.1. You do not need to maintain older versions of the Cypress software to test January EP and EH measures. With the release of Cypress v2.3, the options to the Cypress user for testing, the January measures, the April EH updates, and the June EP updates is supported via:
Bundle v2.1.1 with the original versions of the EP and EH CQMs as of January 2013
Bundle v2.3.0 with the updated versions of BOTH the EH CQMs updates in April and EP CQM updates in July 2013
ATLs who need to testing EHR systems against older versions of the measures should download bundle v2.1.1 after setting up Cypress v2.3. Additionally, if users levering the Cypress virtual machine are testing both Cypress bundle v2.1.1 and Cypress bundle v2.3.0, we recommend increasing the memory allocated to your virtual machine, from the default of 1GB to 2GB. With the release of Cypress v2.3, the visual/manual checklist has been eliminated and has been replaced with automated software to fully grade the QRDA Category 1 XML to detect "false positives".
Additional information about the this new release and the specific defects addressed are documented on the release notes page at http://projectcypress.org/release.html#2.3. Please send any feedback to ta...@projectcypress.org. Thank you.
Jean Colbert
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