CMS Electronic Medical Documentation Interoperability (EMDI)- How to Join EMDI
Guidance for How to Join and Share the CMS Electronic Medical Documentation Interoperability (EMDI) Initiative.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: October 21, 2019
CMS has completed and closed the EMDI pilot programs. Any new pilot applications will not be accepted. Providers, Document Transfer Vendors, EHRs, and Health IT systems willing to implement provider-to-provider interoperability can visit the EMDI Collaboration Website and Post-Acute Orders (PAO) Implementation Guide to find documentation, resources, and reference pilot findings for further guidance with interoperability implementations.
Resources
For additional information on the EMDI Initiative, please select the following link to view the EMDI Collaboration website:
Select for additional EMDI Information
To view the EMDI pilot listings on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Interoperability Proving Ground website, scroll down to the "All Projects" section and type "EMDI" into the Project Name search.
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