McKnight's November 20, 2023
Health information technology developers have until December to submit their annual real-world testing plans and to establish their ability to export electronic health information (EHI), with further deadlines approaching in March 2024.
These deadlines, which come from the 21st Century Cures Act and its implementing regulations, do not apply directly to healthcare providers, but they do apply to a healthcare provider’s IT developers.
Health IT developers include any non-provider entity developing or offering health IT certified for Cures Act compliance by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). Since an IT developer’s compliance with these requirements may affect a provider’s own ability to comply with the Cures Act —...