Healthcare IT Today October 21, 2021
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The following is a guest article by Lauren Riplinger, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).

As actors work to comply with the Cures Act Final Rule, it’s become clear that greater consensus is needed regarding the interpretation of the definition of electronic health information (EHI) and the designated record set (DRS). As many readers know, the Cures Act Final Rule includes interoperability requirements related to information blocking and health IT certification. Both rely on the definition of EHI, which is grounded in the definition of the DRS, as defined by HIPAA.

I’m proud my organization AHIMA has been able to collaborate with the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and the Electronic...

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