| • | Objective: Capability to submit electronic syndromic surveillance data to public health agencies except where prohibited, and in accordance with applicable law and practice. |
| • | Measure: Successful ongoing submission of electronic syndromic surveillance data from CEHRT to a public health agency for the entire EHR reporting period. |
| • | Exclusion: Any EP that meets one or more of the following criteria may be excluded from this objective: |
| (1) | the EP is not in a category of providers that collect ambulatory syndromic surveillance information on their patients during the EHR reporting period; |
| (2) | the EP operates in a jurisdiction for which no public health agency is capable of receiving electronic syndromic surveillance data in the specific standards required by CEHRT at the start of their EHR reporting period; |
| (3) | the EP operates in a jurisdiction where no public health agency provides information timely on capability to receive syndromic surveillance data; or |
| (4) | the EP operates in a jurisdiction for which no public health agency that is capable of accepting the specific standards required by CEHRT at the start of their EHR reporting period can enroll additional EPs. |
This Menu Set has Yes/No Attestation.
