Managed Healthcare Executive February 15, 2021
Jared Kaltwasser

Enforcement of rules to encourage the freer flow of healthcare data were delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They are now scheduled to go into effect this year.

Perhaps no industry better straddles the dichotomy between cutting-edge technology and inefficient obsolete devices than the healthcare industry.

In one corner of a hospital, a physician in another room (or another state) can perform precision surgery using state-of-the-art robotics, while just down the hall a nurse receives the patient’s medical records via fax machine and the patient’s spouse uses a pen to fill out paperwork.

Those throwbacks exist for many reasons, but perhaps the most important is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996...

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Topics: CMS, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Insurance, ONC, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Regulations, Technology
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