HealthIT Answers September 21, 2021
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) (@AHIMAResources), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) (@AMIAinformatics), and the Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA) (@EHRAssociation) announced the release of a preliminary report that examines key issues related to the operationalization of the definitions of electronic health information (EHI) and designated record set (DRS).
How these definitions will be operationalized by clinicians and developers are critical to successful compliance with the Cures Act Final Rule. The Cures Act Final Rule includes interoperability requirements related to information blocking and health IT certification, both of which rely on the definition of EHI, which is grounded in the definition of the designated record set as defined by HIPAA.
Last year, AHIMA, AMIA, and EHRA formed a...
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