Cypress Special Edition Webinar for EHRA and eCQM Community
Colbert, Jean D.
Special Webinar
Tuesday November 18th from 4 - 5pm EST
Purpose: Cypress Release Schedule Discussion with eCQM Community
Please register at: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/644219839.
BACKGROUND
ONC & CMS invite the EHRA and the CQM Community to help define the priority and timing of the next Cypress Release. The Cypress Release planned for December was to include support for the most recent Implementation Guides (IGs), both the HL7 QRDA IG Errata for 2014, and the CMS 2015 QRDA Combined IG. ONC/CMS have decided to delay support for the CMS 2015 QRDA Combined IG as more time is required to make the additional QRDA constraints compatible across the Cypress certification and CMS submission processes. The goal is to ensure that certified EHRs produce a QRDA document that will meet CMS submission requirements. ONC/CMS ask for the community’s help in determining the best path forward.
Please join us from 4-5 pm EST on November 18, 2014, for a Cypress webinar session to discuss the timing and need for IG support as vendors plan for EHR certification in 2015. Registration link: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/644219839.
Original Plan: Cypress v2.6 December 2014 Release:
· Upgrade to the HL7 Quality Reporting Data Standards (QRDA) Errata for 2014 from the previous HL7 Base QRDA IG from July 2012.
· “Optional Validation Utility” for vendors to check compliance of QRDA documents for the CMS 2015 Combined QRDA Implementation Guide.
New Proposed Timeline:
Key Discussion Points:
1. Use the Cypress v2.6 December Release to field the upgrade for the HL7 QRDA Errata published in July 2014.
2. Field a utility in April 2015 to validate QRDA documents for conformance to the CMS 2015 QRDA Combined IG. Make available on the Standards Implementation and Testing Environment (SITE) location in April 2015. Add this feature to Cypress in the next planned release for Cypress at the time of the 2015 Annual Update.