MedPage Today December 11, 2018
-Subcommittee chairman says he is “extremely disappointed”
WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s House hearing on the progress of health information technology (IT) interoperability was marked by bipartisan frustration from members of Congress about how little has gotten done.
Michael Burgess, MD (R-Texas), chair of the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee, which held the hearing, set the tone with his opening statement. He noted that a rule prohibiting “information blocking” — the practice of electronic health record (EHR) vendors blocking access to patient records as a way to stifle competition — had yet to be released.
“I am extremely disappointed that 2 years after the passage of the [21st Century Cures Act], we still do not have the regulations necessary to...
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