Lexology March 18, 2025
Reed Smith LLP

In a significant ruling among the first to analyze the application of information blocking regulations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction against an EHR company in favor of a diagnostic analytics services company. The injunction grants the analytics company access to patient data, enabling the company to provide its analytics services to nursing facility customers who use the EHR vendor’s services.

The case, Real Time Medical Systems, Inc. v. PointClickCare Technologies, Inc., No. 24-1773 (4th Cir. 3/12/25), arises out of claims by Real Time Medical Systems, Inc. (“Real Time”) that PointClickCare Technologies, Inc. (“PCC”) implemented a technical protocol that cut-off Real Time’s appropriate access to its customers’ electronic health information (“EHI”) and that...

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