Becker's Healthcare December 10, 2024
Epic and some big health systems are pushing back against an HHS proposal to require health IT vendors to create hyperlinks to access medical images electronically.
Here is what some major players in the hospital IT business recently said in public comments both for and against the proposed ONC rule set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2028:
Epic: “It is atypical for healthcare providers to use their EHR system to store diagnostic images. Instead, they implement specialized picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and vendor neutral archiving (VNA) systems. … PACS and VNA systems, not EHRs, would need to be able to generate a link to a medical image for a given patient.”
Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.): “We are...
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