Fierce Healthcare December 13, 2023
The federal government’s healthcare tech arm finalized a sweeping regulation that requires new technology upgrades while also advancing interoperability and transparency in predictive decision support tools.
The rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency and Information Sharing, or the HTI-1, implements key provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, with a specific emphasis on health IT certification and information blocking.
This rule would further implement provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act and make updates to the ONC Health IT Certification Program – a certification program that includes various standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria for electronic health record (EHR) software companies and health IT developers.
Provisions within ONC’s HTI-1 rule addressing clinical decision support...