MedCity News September 24, 2020
In November, healthcare providers will be required to promote interoperability and give patients access to their health information. Electronic health record systems must also be able to integrate with third-party software through standard APIs.
In March, the Department of Health and Human Services passed sweeping interoperability rules that would add teeth to requirements for healthcare providers and IT vendors to securely share patient health information. With the initial deadline approaching in November, is HHS facing pressure to push the deadline back?
“We’ve had lobbying pressure all along,” Dr. Don Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, said in a Thursday panel at CBInsights. “These are all powerful economic forces. Whenever you disrupt powerful economic forces in D.C., the town business...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor