"The federal government should certify that networks and software facilitating health information exchange meet requirements for meaningful use of electronic health records, the Information Exchange Workgroup of the HIT Policy Committee recommends.

• The government should set HIE technology-neutral and architecture-neutral exchange requirements.
• The requirements should focus on meaningful use criteria and be determined once the policy committee has approved a formal definition of meaningful use.
• Certification criteria at a minimum should address such areas as messaging standards; content standards; identity authentication; privacy and honoring patient consents required by law or policy; reporting of key measures to demonstrate compliance; and auditing."

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