ASTP finalizes information blocking exception for reproductive health

Healthcare DIVE December 19, 2024
Emily Olsen

The policy allows actors to restrict information sharing when there’s risk it could expose patients or clinicians to legal fallout when providing or seeking legal care.

Dive Brief:

• Regulators have updated rules that bar blocking the flow of electronic health information, including a new exemption that aims to preserve access to reproductive healthcare.
• A new final rule allows providers, health IT developers or data exchanges to restrict information sharing when there’s risk it could expose patients or clinicians to legal fallout from seeking reproductive healthcare, such as abortion care.
• Many states have abortion restrictions on the books after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The legal landscape increases the likelihood that patient’s health data could be disclosed...

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