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‘TIT LEX XX—HEALTH I NFORM ATION TE C HNOLO GY AN DQU ALITY ‘ ‘SEC. 3000. DE F INITIONS. ‘ ‘ I n this title: ‘‘(1) C ERTIF IE D E H RTE C H NOL O GY . — The term ‘certified E H R technology ’ means a qualified electronic health record that is certified p ursuant to section 3 001(c)( 5 ) as meeting standards adopted under section 3004 that are applicable to the type of record involved (as determined by the Secretary, such as an ambulatory electronic health record for office - based physi- cians or an inpatient hospital electronic health record for hos- pitals). ‘‘(2) ENTER P RI S E INTEGR A TION.—The term ‘enterprise integration’ means the electronic lin k age of health care pro- viders, health plans, the government, and other interested par- ties, to enable the electronic e x change and use of health information among all the components in the health care infra- structure in accordance with applicable law, and such term includes related application protocols and other related stand- ards. ‘‘(3) HEALTH CARE PRO V IDER.—The term ‘health care pro- vider’ includes a hospital, skilled nursing facility, nursing facility, home health entity or other long term care facility, health care clinic, community mental health center (as defined in section 1 9 13(b)(1)), renal dialysis facility, blood center, ambulatory surgical center described in section 1 8 33(i) of the Social Security Act, emergency medical services provider, F eder- ally qualified health center, group practice, a pharmacist, a pharmacy, a laboratory, a physician (as defined in section 18 6 1(r) of the Social Security Act), a practitioner (as described in section 1842(b)(18)(C) of the Social Security Act), a provider operated by, or under contract with, the Indian Health Service or by an Indian tribe (as defined in the Indian Self- D etermina- tion and Education Assistance Act), tribal organi z ation, or urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), a rural health clinic, a covered entity under section 340 B , an ambulatory surgical center described in section 1833(i) of the Social Security Act, a thera- pist (as defined in section 1848(k)(3)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act), and any other category of health care facility, entity, 42USC30 0 j j.