How health systems can remain compliant with the information blocking provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act

Becker's Healthcare December 16, 2022
In Collaboration with MediQuant

For years, the question of who actually owns patient healthcare data loomed unanswered. With the passage of the 21^st Century CURES Act, this issue has been definitively resolved: health systems and providers do not own healthcare data — patients do.

In a November Becker’s Hospital Review webinar sponsored by MediQuant, John Showalter, MD, former CMIO and CHIO of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., and Kel Pults, DHA, MSN, chief clinical officer at MediQuant, discussed the 21^st Century CURES Act and what it means for health systems.

Five key takeaways were:

1. One key part of the 21^st Century CURES Act prevents information blocking by health systems. According to Dr. Showalter, unless a specific reason exists that...

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