HIT Consultant September 4, 2025
What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a new initiative to increase resources dedicated to curbing the practice of “information blocking“.
– Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has directed HHS to take active enforcement against healthcare entities that restrict patients’ access, exchange, and use of electronic health information.
Empowering Patients and Innovators
The announcement states Information blocking was not allegedly a priority under the Biden Administration, but that has changed under President Trump and Secretary Kennedy. The 21st Century Cures Act of 2016 authorized the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ASTP/ONC) and the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG)...
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