Becker's Healthcare October 9, 2024
Giles Bruce

Epic wrote to HHS asking for changes to a proposed interoperability rule.

Here are five things to know:

1. ONC published the proposed Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability rule Aug. 5 to “advance interoperability, improve transparency, and support the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information.”

2. Several organizations have provided written comments, including the American Hospital Association, which also expressed opposition to parts of the rule. In an Oct. 4 letter, Epic lobbyist Ladd Wiley pointed out revisions favored by the EHR vendor.

3. Epic supports the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement interoperability network and wants...

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