Sec. 6. Leveraging health information technology to improve patient care
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To be certified in accordance with title XXX of the Public Health Service Act, health information technology (as defined by section 3000(5) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300jj(5) )) shall be capable of transmitting to, and where applicable, receiving and accepting data from registries in accordance with standards recognized by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including clinician-led clinical data registries, that are also certified to be technically capable of receiving and accepting from, and where applicable, transmitting data to certified health information technology in accordance with such standards.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the certification of registries beyond the technical capability to exchange data in accordance with applicable endorsed standards. For purposes of this Act (including amendments made to title XXX of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300jj et seq. )), the term clinician-led clinical data registry means a clinical data repository— that is established and operated by a clinician-led or controlled, tax-exempt (pursuant to section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), professional society or other similar clinician-led or -controlled organization, or such organization’s controlled affiliate, devoted to the care of a population defined by a particular disease, condition, exposure or therapy; that is designed to collect detailed, standardized data on an ongoing basis for medical procedures, services, or therapies for particular diseases, conditions, or exposures; that provides feedback to participants who submit reports to the repository; that meets standards for data quality including— systematically collecting clinical and other health care data, using standardized data elements and has procedures in place to verify the completeness and validity of those data; and being subject to regular data checks or audits to verify completeness and validity; and that provides ongoing participant training and support.
In applying part C of title IX of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 299b–21 et seq. ), a health information technology developer shall be treated as a provider (as defined in section 921 of such Act) for purposes of reporting and conducting patient safety activities concerning improving clinical care through the use of health information technology that could result in improved patient safety, health care quality, or health care outcomes. Not later than 48 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, a report concerning best practices and current trends voluntarily provided, and without identifying individual providers or disclosing or using protected health information or individually identifiable information, by Patient Safety Organizations to improve the integration of health information technology into clinical practice.
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