The rule states that a hospital must make a “reasonable effort” to ensure that the system sends notifications to the designated providers and suppliers1. Further, the rule states that if a hospital demonstrates that an intermediary – in this case QHN – connects to a wide range of recipients and does not impose restrictions on which recipients are able to receive notifications, of an intermediary would satisfy the COP2. The rule specifically highlights partnering with intermediaries such as health information exchanges as a method by which hospitals can identify recipients for patient notifications.
The rule does not require a specific measure of performance to demonstrate the hospital is meeting the requirement. The rule only requires that the hospital makes a “reasonable effort” to ensure that the system sends patient event notifications to the specified recipients.