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ONC Conformance Test Tools

The following tools are ONC-approved Conformance resources to help developers implement standards to enable health information interoperability.

Inferno

Test Tools	Use in ONC Health IT Certification Program	Base Standards Under Test for the ONC Health IT Certification Program
Inferno Framework	§ 170.315(g)(10) Standardized API for patient and population services	HL7^® FHIR^® US Core Implementation Guide STU V3.1.1 HL7^® FHIR^® Version 4.0.1, October 30, 2019 SMART Application Launch Framework Implementation Guide Release 1.0.0 Bulk Data Access (Flat FHIR^®) (V1.0.0: STU 1) Other standards OpenID Connect Core 1.0 incorporating errata set 1 United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI)

Test Tools

Use in ONC Health IT Certification Program

Base Standards Under Test
for the ONC Health IT Certification Program

Inferno Framework

§ 170.315(g)(10) Standardized API for patient and population services

HL7^® FHIR^®

Other standards

SITE / Edge Testing Tool (ETT)

Test Tools	Use in ONC Health IT Certification Program	Base Standards Under Test for the ONC Health IT Certification Program
Direct Testing This tool provides capabilities to validate your Direct implementation to applicable standards-specifications.	§ 170.315(b)(1) Transitions of Care § 170.315(h)(1) Direct Project § 170.315(h)(2) Direct Project, Edge Protocol, and XDR/XDM	HL7^® CDA^® HL7^® Implementation Guide for CDA^® Release 2: IHE Health Story Consolidation, DSTU Release 1.1 (US Realm) Draft Standard for Trial Use July 2012 HL7^® Implementation Guide (IG) for CDA^® Release 2 Consolidation CDA^® Templates for Clinical Notes (US Realm), Draft Standard for Trial Use Release 2.1 C-CDA 2.1, August 2015, June 2019 (with Errata) HL7^® CDA^® R2 IG: C-CDA Templates for Clinical Notes R2.1 Companion Guide, Release 2, October 2019, IBR approved for § 170.205(a)(5) Other Standards Direct Project: ONC Applicability Statement for Secure Health Transport, Version 1.2 August 2015 IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework Volume 2b (ITI TF- 2b) ONC Implementation Guide for Direct Edge Protocols, Version 1.1, June 25, 2014 United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI)
Message Validators These tools test conformance of artifacts to industry standards and specific criteria, and include: C-CDA, XDM, XDR, and Direct Message validators.	§ 170.315(b)(1) Transitions of Care § 170.315(b)(2) Clinical information reconciliation and incorporation § 170.315(b)(7) Security tags—summary of care—send § 170.315(b)(8) Security tags—summary of care—receive § 170.315(b)(9) Care plan § 170.315(e)(1) View, download, and transmit to 3^rd party § 170.315(g)(6) Consolidated CDA creation performance § 170.315(g)(9) Application access—all data request § 170.315(h)(1) Direct Project § 170.315(h)(2) Direct Project, Edge Protocol, and XDR/XDM	HL7^® CDA^® HL7^® Implementation Guide for CDA^® Release 2: IHE Health Story Consolidation, DSTU Release 1.1 (US Realm) Draft Standard for Trial Use July 2012 HL7^® Implementation Guide (IG) for CDA^® Release 2 Consolidation CDA^® Templates for Clinical Notes (US Realm), Draft Standard for Trial Use Release 2.1 C-CDA 2.1, August 2015, June 2019 (with Errata) HL7^® CDA^® R2 IG: C-CDA Templates for Clinical Notes R2.1 Companion Guide, Release 2, October 2019, IBR approved for § 170.205(a)(5). HL7^® Implementation Guide: Data Segmentation for Privacy (DS4P), Release 1 Other Standards Direct Project: ONC Applicability Statement for Secure Health Transport, Version 1.2 August 2015
HISP Testing and Delivery Notification These tools provide tests to simulate the role of the Health Information Service Provider (HISP).	§ 170.315(b)(1) Transitions of Care § 170.315(h)(1) Direct Project § 170.315(h)(2) Direct Project, Edge Protocol, and XDR/XDM	HL7^® CDA^® HL7^® Implementation Guide for CDA^® Release 2: IHE Health Story Consolidation, DSTU Release 1.1 (US Realm) Draft Standard for Trial Use July 2012 HL7^® Implementation Guide (IG) for CDA^® Release 2 Consolidation CDA^® Templates for Clinical Notes (US Realm), Draft Standard for Trial Use Release 2.1 C-CDA 2.1, August 2015, June 2019 (with Errata). HL7^® CDA^® R2 IG: C-CDA Templates for Clinical Notes R2.1 Companion Guide, Release 2, October 2019, IBR approved for § 170.205(a)(5) Other Standards Direct Project: ONC Applicability Statement for Secure Health Transport, Version 1.2 August 2015 IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework Volume 2b (ITI TF- 2b) ONC Implementation Guide for Direct Edge Protocols, Version 1.1, June 25, 2014 United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI)
Edge Testing This tool provides various network "Edge" testing capabilities. The term "Edge" is derived from the health IT data exchange paradigm of network "Edge" nodes and health information service providers: Edge -> HISP -> HISP -> Edge. The test cases available allow a user to validate their system’s transport protocols adhere to basic industry standards.	§ 170.315(b)(1) Transitions of Care § 170.315(h)(1) Direct Project § 170.315(h)(2) Direct Project, Edge Protocol, and XDR/XDM

Test Tools

Use in ONC Health IT Certification Program

Base Standards Under Test
for the ONC Health IT Certification Program

Direct Testing

This tool provides capabilities to validate your Direct implementation to applicable standards-specifications.

§ 170.315(b)(1) Transitions of Care

§ 170.315(h)(1) Direct Project

§ 170.315(h)(2) Direct Project, Edge Protocol, and XDR/XDM

HL7^® CDA^®

Other Standards

Message Validators

These tools test conformance of artifacts to industry standards and specific criteria, and include: C-CDA, XDM, XDR, and Direct Message validators.

§ 170.315(b)(1) Transitions of Care

§ 170.315(b)(2) Clinical information reconciliation and incorporation

§ 170.315(b)(7) Security tags—summary of care—send

§ 170.315(b)(8) Security tags—summary of care—receive

§ 170.315(b)(9) Care plan

§ 170.315(e)(1) View, download, and transmit to 3^rd party

§ 170.315(g)(6) Consolidated CDA creation performance

§ 170.315(g)(9) Application access—all data request

§ 170.315(h)(1) Direct Project

§ 170.315(h)(2) Direct Project, Edge Protocol, and XDR/XDM

HL7^® CDA^®

Other Standards

Direct Project: ONC Applicability Statement for Secure Health Transport, Version 1.2 August 2015

HISP Testing and Delivery Notification

These tools provide tests to simulate the role of the Health Information Service Provider (HISP).

§ 170.315(b)(1) Transitions of Care

§ 170.315(h)(1) Direct Project

§ 170.315(h)(2) Direct Project, Edge Protocol, and XDR/XDM

HL7^® CDA^®

Other Standards

This tool provides various network "Edge" testing capabilities. The term "Edge" is derived from the health IT data exchange paradigm of network "Edge" nodes and health information service providers: Edge -> HISP -> HISP -> Edge. The test cases available allow a user to validate their system’s transport protocols adhere to basic industry standards.

§ 170.315(b)(1) Transitions of Care

§ 170.315(h)(1) Direct Project

§ 170.315(h)(2) Direct Project, Edge Protocol, and XDR/XDM

QRDA I and III Testing

Test Tools	Use in ONC Health IT Certification Program	Base Standards Under Test for the ONC Health IT Certification Program
Cypress	§ 170.315(c)(1) Clinical quality measures (CQMs)—record and export § 170.315(c)(2) Clinical quality measures (CQMs)—import and calculate § 170.315(c)(3) Clinical quality measures (CQMs)—report § 170.315(c)(4) Clinical quality measures (CQMs)—filter	HL7^® CDA^® CMS Implementation Guide for Quality Reporting Document Architecture: Category I; Hospital Quality Reporting; Implementation Guide for 2020 CMS Implementation Guide for Quality Reporting Document Architecture: Category III; Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Professionals Programs; Implementation Guide for 2020 Health Level 7 (HL7^®) CDA^® Release 2 Implementation Guide for: Quality Reporting Document Architecture – Category I (QRDA I); Release 1, DSTU Release 3 (US Realm), Volume 1 Quality Reporting Document Architecture Category III, Implementation Guide for CDA^® Release 2 Errata to the HL7® Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2: Quality Reporting Document Architecture—Category III, DSTU Release 1 (US Realm), September 2014

Test Tools

Use in ONC Health IT Certification Program

Base Standards Under Test
for the ONC Health IT Certification Program

Cypress

§ 170.315(c)(1) Clinical quality measures (CQMs)—record and export

§ 170.315(c)(2) Clinical quality measures (CQMs)—import and calculate

§ 170.315(c)(3) Clinical quality measures (CQMs)—report

§ 170.315(c)(4) Clinical quality measures (CQMs)—filter

HL7^® CDA^®

Electronic Prescribing (eRX)

Test Tools	Use in ONC Health IT Certification Program	Base Standards Under Test for the ONC Health IT Certification Program
NCPDP eRX Testing Suite	§ 170.315(b)(3) Electronic prescribing	HL7^® CDA^® HL7^® CDA^® Release 2 Implementation Guide for: Quality Reporting Document Architecture – Category I (QRDA I); Release 1, DSTU Release 3 (US Realm), Volume 1 Errata to the HL7^® Implementation Guide for CDA^® Release 2: Quality Reporting Document Architecture—Category III, DSTU Release 1 (US Realm), September 2014 Other Standards NCPDP SCRIPT Standard, Implementation Guide, Version 2017071

Test Tools

Use in ONC Health IT Certification Program

Base Standards Under Test
for the ONC Health IT Certification Program

NCPDP eRX Testing Suite

§ 170.315(b)(3) Electronic prescribing

HL7^® CDA^®

Other Standards

NCPDP SCRIPT Standard, Implementation Guide, Version 2017071

Public Health Testing Suites

Test Tools	Use in ONC Health IT Certification Program	Base Standards Under Test for the ONC Health IT Certification Program
HIMSS Immunization Integration Test Suite	§ 170.315(f)(1) Transmission to immunization registries	HL7^® v2 HL7^® 2.5.1 Implementation Specifications. HL7^® 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging, Release 1.5, October 2014 HL7^® Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging (Release 1.5)—Addendum, July 2015
HL7^® CDA^® Cancer Registry Reporting Validation Tool	§ 170.315(f)(4) Transmission to cancer registries	HL7^® CDA^® HL7^® Implementation Guide for CDA^© Release 2: Reporting to Public Health Cancer Registries from Ambulatory Healthcare Providers, Release 1, DSTU Release 1.1, April 2015
HL7^® CDA^® National Health Care Surveys Validator	§ 170.315(f)(7) Transmission to public health agencies—health care surveys	HL7^® CDA^® HL7^® Implementation Guide for CDA^© Release 2: National Health Care Surveys (NHCS), Release 1 – US Realm, Draft Standard for Trial Use, December 2014
NIST HL7^® v2 Immunization Test Suite	§ 170.315(f)(1) Transmission to immunization registries	HL7^® v2 HL7^® 2.5.1 Implementation Specifications. HL7^® 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging, Release 1.5, October 2014 HL7^® Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging (Release 1.5)—Addendum, July 2015
NIST HL7^® v2 Syndromic Surveillance Test Suite	§ 170.315(f)(2) Transmission to public health agencies—syndromic surveillance	HL7^® v2 PHIN Messaging Guide for Syndromic Surveillance: Emergency Department, Urgent, Care, Inpatient and Ambulatory Care, and Inpatient Settings, Release 2.0, April 21, 2015 Erratum to the CDC PHIN 2.0 Implementation Guide, August 2015
NIST Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) Validation Suite	§ 170.315(f)(3) Transmission to public health agencies—reportable laboratory tests and value/results	HL7^® v2 HL7^® Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide: Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health, Release 1 (US Realm) with Errata and Clarifications Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) 2.5.1 Clarification Document for EHR Technology Certification

Alternative Test Methods

Test Tools	Use in ONC Health IT Certification Program	Base Standards Under Test for the ONC Health IT Certification Program
Drummond G10+ FHIR^® API powered by Touchstone	§ 170.315(g)(10) Standardized API for patient and population services	HL7^® FHIR^® US Core Implementation Guide STU V3.1.1 HL7^® FHIR^® Version 4.0.1, October 30, 2019 SMART Application Launch Framework Implementation Guide Release 1.0.0 Bulk Data Access (Flat FHIR^®) (V1.0.0: STU 1) Other standards OpenID Connect Core 1.0 incorporating errata set 1 United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI)
HIMSS Immunization Integration Test Suite	§ 170.315(f)(1) Transmission to immunization registries	HL7^® v2 HL7^® 2.5.1 Implementation Specifications. HL7^® 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging, Release 1.5, October 2014 HL7^® Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Immunization Messaging (Release 1.5)—Addendum, July 2015

Test Tools

Use in ONC Health IT Certification Program

Base Standards Under Test
for the ONC Health IT Certification Program

Drummond G10+ FHIR^® API powered by Touchstone

§ 170.315(g)(10) Standardized API for patient and population services

HL7^® FHIR^®

Other standards

HIMSS Immunization Integration Test Suite

§ 170.315(f)(1) Transmission to immunization registries

HL7^® v2

Other Testing Tools

Test Tools
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IHE Testing Tools—IHE has developed a growing body of software tools to facilitate testing and implementation of IHE Integration Profiles in healthcare information technology systems. These tools are available for download and licensed by their developers for free use.

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