HealthLeaders Media May 5, 2021
Providers face education of workforce; penalty phase remains a mystery.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Many questions remain as providers negotiate abilities of EHR vendors with demands of patients for their records.
– Apple Health has emerged as an early pain point where patient demand for data and vendor capability to deliver it don’t always intersect.
– Universal FHIR API in 2023 will simplify and accelerate data sharing between EHRs and patient apps.
Faced with the threat of penalties if they do not comply, healthcare providers are figuring out as best they can how to comply with new information blocking rules that took effect April 5, but one size definitely does not fit all.
One month in, many questions remain, and some...