EHR Intelligence June 4, 2020
Christopher Jason

The ONC can work with health IT developers to enhance health equity by simplifying and optimizing patient portals and mobile apps.

Technology access, digital health literacy, and inclusive design are major health IT roadblocks that interfere with promoting health equity since the debut of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) interoperability rule, according to an article published in JAMA Network.

The new regulations from the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) aim to boost health information exchange, give patients more access to their health data, specifically on their cellphones, and address information blocking.

“Delivering interoperability actually gives patients the ability to manage their healthcare the same way they manage their finances, travel...

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