Healthcare DIVE August 24, 2018
Nick Paul Taylor

Dive Brief:

  • HHS is seeking feedback to guide the implementation of EHR reporting obligations created by the 21st Century Cures Act.

  • Cures tasks HHS with developing a reporting program that assesses characteristics of EHRs including interoperability and security.

  • Facing political pressure and resource constraints, the department has posed a series of questions to the industry to help it design suitable reporting criteria.

Dive Insight:

When Cures was enacted late in 2016, it tasked multiple federal agencies with changing their regulations. Some of the tasks fell within HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). Yet, more...

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, Congress / White House, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HHS, HIE (Interoperability), Regulations, Technology
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