HealthIT Answers April 20, 2021
By Matt Fisher, General Counsel, Carium
The information blocking regulations that are designed to promote individual access to records finally went into effect on Monday, April 5, 2021. The regulations were long delayed both in initial drafting and then implementation after finalization. As a reminder, the premise of the regulations are to remove barriers to information both for individuals, organizations or applications acting on behalf of individuals, and others. The goal goes to the ideal of establishing the free flow of data to support care coordination, care collaboration, and individual autonomy.
A Brief Primer
It may be difficult to remember what information blocking actually constitutes. As defined within the regulations addresses an action by one of (i) a developer of health...
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