Healthcare IT Today January 6, 2023
The following is a guest article by Mariann Yeager, CEO at The Sequoia Project.
What a difference a day makes.
On October 6, 2022, the healthcare and health IT community woke to a new reality – one in which electronic health information (EHI) included far more than it did the day before.
Why was that so important? Because penalties for information blocking – that is, any practice that interferes with access, exchange, or use of electronic health data – are tied to the definition of EHI. With many more types of health information specifically included as EHI, organizations regulated under the 21st Century Cures Act are on the hook to respond to requests for that information from individuals,...