Healthcare IT News January 13, 2026
ASTP/ONC’s draft rulemaking, known as HTI-5, aims to reduce compliance complexities. But some industry experts say seemingly welcome changes do not align with data exchange and security realities.
The healthcare technology industry supports reducing health IT certification complexities. But some of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s latest proposed changes – which eliminate 34 requirements and revise seven others – still need tweaking, industry experts say.
The EHR Association spoke with Healthcare IT News recently about some key aspects of the latest health IT certification proposed rulemaking – Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability version 5, or HTI-5 – including reductions to data exchange and security conditions.
For example, “while the Manner Exception...
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