HIT Consultant November 22, 2021
Information exchange and data availability are now a cost of doing business but establishing a robust strategy for that exchange and compliance with the new regulation from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology takes careful planning. Healthcare organizations can achieve and maintain compliance by following these six takeaways:
1. Understand what constitutes “Electronic Health Information”
“Electronic Health Information,” ONC’s new term for the data elements that need to be “exchangeable” upon request, is currently limited to data elements within the U.S. Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) standard. You’ll want to understand what USCDI means, you need to exchange now, but on Oct. 6, 2022, the definition will expand to the electronic designated record set defined under...