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§ 300jj. DefinitionsIn this subchapter:
(1) Certified EHR technology
(2) Enterprise integration
(3) Health care provider
(4) Health information
(5) Health information technology
(6) Health plan
(7) HIT Advisory Committee
(8) Individually identifiable health information
(9) InteroperabilityThe term “interoperability”, with respect to health information technology, means such health information technology that—
(A) enables the secure exchange of electronic health information with, and use of electronic health information from, other health information technology without special effort on the part of the user;
(B) allows for complete access, exchange, and use of all electronically accessible health information for authorized use under applicable State or Federal law; and
(C) does not constitute information blocking as defined in section 300jj–52(a) of this title.
(10) Laboratory
(11) National Coordinator
(12) Pharmacist
(13) Qualified electronic health recordThe term “qualified electronic health record” means an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that—
(A) includes patient demographic and clinical health information, such as medical history and problem lists;
(B) has the capacity—
(i) to provide clinical decision support;
(ii) to support physician order entry;
(iii) to capture and query information relevant to health care quality; and
(iv) to exchange electronic health information with, and integrate such information from other sources; and
(C) includes, or is capable of including, a real-time benefit tool that conveys patient-specific real-time cost and coverage information with respect to prescription drugs that, with respect to any health information technology certified for electronic prescribing, the technology shall be capable of incorporating the information described in clauses (i) through (iii) of paragraph (2)(B) of section 1395w–104(o) of this title at a time specified by the Secretary but not before the Secretary adopts a standard for such tools as described in paragraph (1) of such section.
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4 So in original. There is no par. (14).
State(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXX, § 3000, as added Pub. L. 111–5, div. A, title XIII, § 13101, Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 228; amended Pub. L. 114–255, div. A, title IV, § 4003(a), (e)(2)(B), Dec. 13, 2016, 130 Stat. 1165, 1174; Pub. L. 116–260, div. CC, title I, § 119(b), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2952.)