MarketScale August 11, 2022
As the world becomes more digital, there are certain protections in place to help ease the accessibility of health information for each patient. Speaking on the topic of information blocking, Nicki Anderson Director of Compliance with Medsphere Systems Corporation sat down with host Michelle Dawn Mooney to discuss what it is and how it happens.
“So, information blocking is basically defined as any practice that is likely to interfere with, prevent, materially discourage or otherwise inhibit the access, exchange or use of Electronic Health Information, otherwise known as EHI,” said Anderson.
While there are a few ways information blocking can happen, common examples include working with a health IT developer to intentionally restrict information from one form to another, using...