{"id":150,"date":"2010-01-15T12:49:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T19:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthit.hhs.gov\/blog\/onc\/?p=150"},"modified":"2025-07-16T18:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:09:38","slug":"the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Meaningful Use NPRM and the Initial Set of Standards and Certification Criteria IFR have now been published and are available for public comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To view\/download the <strong>Meaningful Use NPRM<\/strong>:&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/edocket.access.gpo.gov\/2010\/pdf\/E9-31217.pdf\">PDF [7.38 MB]<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/edocket.access.gpo.gov\/2010\/E9-31217.htm\">HTML<\/a><br>To view\/download the <strong>Initial Set of Standards and Certification Criteria IFR<\/strong>:&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/edocket.access.gpo.gov\/2010\/pdf\/E9-31216.pdf\">PDF [247 KB]<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/edocket.access.gpo.gov\/2010\/E9-31216.htm\">HTML<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please make your comments through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/\">regulations.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, my recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine zooms out for a bird\u2019s eye view of how these regulations fit within the larger context of the HITECH Act.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/healthcarereform.nejm.org\/?p=2669\">Read the entire NEJM article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Meaningful Use NPRM and the Initial Set of Standards and Certification Criteria IFR have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":619,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_selected_menu":"","_show_breadcrumbs":"true","_blog_show_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"archived-category":[705],"featured":[],"topics":[439,425,441,418,440,422],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights-updates","archived-category-meaningful-use","topics-historical-programs","topics-hit-policy","topics-hitech-programs","topics-interoperability","topics-meaningful-use-macra","topics-standards-technology"],"acf":{"blog_authors":[{"blog_author_profiles":"198443"}],"hp_news_hide":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open - ONC Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Interested in the standards and certification criteria of Meaningful Use? They have now been published and are available. Download available in this post.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Interested in the standards and certification criteria of Meaningful Use? They have now been published and are available. Download available in this post.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ONC Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-01-15T19:49:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-16T18:09:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/ONC.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sleigh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"sleigh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/insights-updates\\\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/insights-updates\\\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"sleigh\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0719592fcc77f0e269f191216da0aae7\"},\"headline\":\"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-15T19:49:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-16T18:09:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/insights-updates\\\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":104,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Insights &amp; Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/insights-updates\\\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/insights-updates\\\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/insights-updates\\\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open - ONC Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-15T19:49:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-16T18:09:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"Interested in the standards and certification criteria of Meaningful Use? They have now been published and are available. Download available in this post.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/insights-updates\\\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/insights-updates\\\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/insights-updates\\\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"ONC - Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT\",\"description\":\"Better health enabled by data\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"ONC\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ONC - Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT\",\"alternateName\":\"ONC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Logo-ONC-Transparent.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Logo-ONC-Transparent.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":176,\"caption\":\"ONC - Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0719592fcc77f0e269f191216da0aae7\",\"name\":\"sleigh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/afb1f0138c0c71ff7a91448bb10269ef95df9b5a5cceb7a5aabd43dd26e1a978?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/afb1f0138c0c71ff7a91448bb10269ef95df9b5a5cceb7a5aabd43dd26e1a978?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/afb1f0138c0c71ff7a91448bb10269ef95df9b5a5cceb7a5aabd43dd26e1a978?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"sleigh\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/sleigh\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open - ONC Blog","description":"Interested in the standards and certification criteria of Meaningful Use? They have now been published and are available. Download available in this post.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open","og_description":"Interested in the standards and certification criteria of Meaningful Use? They have now been published and are available. Download available in this post.","og_url":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/","og_site_name":"ONC Blog","article_published_time":"2010-01-15T19:49:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-16T18:09:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/ONC.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"sleigh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"sleigh","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/"},"author":{"name":"sleigh","@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0719592fcc77f0e269f191216da0aae7"},"headline":"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open","datePublished":"2010-01-15T19:49:48+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-16T18:09:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/"},"wordCount":104,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Insights &amp; Updates"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/","url":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/","name":"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open - ONC Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-01-15T19:49:48+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-16T18:09:38+00:00","description":"Interested in the standards and certification criteria of Meaningful Use? They have now been published and are available. Download available in this post.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/","name":"ONC - Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT","description":"Better health enabled by data","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/#organization"},"alternateName":"ONC","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/#organization","name":"ONC - Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT","alternateName":"ONC","url":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Logo-ONC-Transparent.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/Logo-ONC-Transparent.png","width":800,"height":176,"caption":"ONC - Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0719592fcc77f0e269f191216da0aae7","name":"sleigh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/afb1f0138c0c71ff7a91448bb10269ef95df9b5a5cceb7a5aabd43dd26e1a978?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/afb1f0138c0c71ff7a91448bb10269ef95df9b5a5cceb7a5aabd43dd26e1a978?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/afb1f0138c0c71ff7a91448bb10269ef95df9b5a5cceb7a5aabd43dd26e1a978?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"sleigh"},"url":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/author\/sleigh\/"}]}},"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open","url":"http:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/insights-updates\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Insights &amp; Updates","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"sleigh"}],"creator":["sleigh"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ONC Blog","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-01-15T19:49:48Z","datePublished":"2010-01-15T19:49:48Z","dateModified":"2025-07-16T18:09:38Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"The Meaningful Use NPRM Public Comment Open\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/insights-updates\\\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/healthit.gov\\\/blog\\\/insights-updates\\\/the-meaningful-use-nprm-public-comment-open\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Insights &amp; Updates\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"sleigh\"}],\"creator\":[\"sleigh\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"ONC Blog\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2010-01-15T19:49:48Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-15T19:49:48Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-16T18:09:38Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/healthit.gov\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/619"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177627,"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/177627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"archived-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archived-category?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}