EHR Intelligence January 8, 2021
Pew Charitable Trusts explained why the government needs to enforce the ONC interoperability rule to help slow down the spread of COVID-19.
Government officials should utilize the 21st Century Cures Act to enhance patient data exchange between the state and local health departments, a move that might slow down the spread of COVID-19, according to Ben Moscovitch, project director of Health Information Technology at Pew Charitable Trusts.
“The problem is that, according to epidemiologists, up to 80 percent of COVID-19 laboratory reports omit individuals’ addresses, phone numbers, or race,” explained Moscovitch. “This information gap deprives the nation of opportunities to contain outbreaks, save lives, and make data-driven policy decisions to fight the pandemic.”
For example, a commercial lab took four...
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