EHR Intelligence September 19, 2017
Kate Monica

A coalition of EHR companies refuted claims of hindering interoperability improvements and violating HIPAA.

The EHR Association (EHRA) Executive Committee has fired back at accusations that EHR companies are partially to blame for interoperability problems, claiming health data exchange is progressing quickly.

The association published a response to an earlier post on Health Affairs Blog that accused EHR and health IT companies of monetizing the custody of patient protected health information (PHI).

Former ONC Chief Privacy Officer Lucia Savage urged the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to enforce provisions of HIPAA prohibiting business associates such as EHR developers from using PHI for business operations. She stated some EHR companies may be leveraging ownership of patient PHI for profit.

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Topics: CMS, EMR / EHR, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), HIPAA, HITECH, Medicare, Physician, Population Health Mgmt, Primary care, Provider
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