Yesterday, CMS posted an important FAQ clarifying the Meaningful Use requirement to exchange key clinical information.
Since the Standards and Certification final rule does not include any transport standards and no EHR has been tested or certified to comply with any particular transport capability, it was unclear how the CCDs/CCRs produced by certified EHRs should be exchanged as required to attest for meaningful use.
[sead]The CMS FAQ suggests that the exchange must be accomplished over an electronic network and not using fixed media: