HealthIT Answers May 31, 2023
Nick Barger, PharmD

By Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Core E-Prescribing, DrFirst
Twitter: @DrFirst

You might have heard that the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology recently released a proposed rule aimed at advancing healthcare through interoperability and technology upgrades. If you’ve been wondering what this means for health IT vendors, we have you covered. The ONC published “Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing” (HTI-1) on April 11, 2023, to update implementation related to the 21st Century Cures Act, expand interoperability, and promote health equity.

Here are the five main themes of the proposed rule and what they mean for electronic health record (EHR) and health IT developers.

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Provider, Technology
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