Healthcare IT News May 30, 2019
The members of the HIMSS EHR Association support the rules’ goals – but say that as drafted they go beyond Congress’ intent for 21st Century Cures, are too loosely defined, have too tight a timeline and require too much IP sharing.
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association has not yet formally submitted its comments on the proposed interoperability rules to the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT. But this week, the association posted on its blog that, while it supports the rules’ goals for patient access, it has deep concerns that the “tremendously broad reach of the proposed rule goes far beyond Congressional intent.”
WHY IT MATTERS
“In particular, we have significant concerns regarding timelines, ambiguous language, disincentives for innovation,...