Healthcare Innovation May 12, 2021
The most stringent information-blocking requirements for EHRs don’t come into full force until late next year, and most respondents express confidence that their vendor will be in compliance by then
Just before the April 5 start date of the Office of the Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC’s) Cures Act final rule around information blocking, the Utah-based KLAS Research reached out to provider organizations to understand what they have done to prepare, what the biggest challenges were, and how they think the changes will impact interoperability.
Feedback from 42 respondents reveals that a majority of respondents feel their organization has taken the steps necessary to become compliant with the new regulations; most of these organizations feel they have had sufficient...