HHS Proposes HTI-2 Rule to Expand Horizon for Interoperability
Healthcare Innovation July 10, 2024
The Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) proposed rule implements provision of the 21st Century Cures Act
On July 10, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), released the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) proposed rule for public comment.
In a press release this Wednesday, HHS explained that the “HTI-2 proposed rule has two sets of new certification criteria designed to enable health IT for public health as well as health IT for payers to be certified under the ONC Health IT Certification Program.” “These new certification criteria, which...