New HHS rules will give 125 million patients easier access to EHRs, Senate health chair says

Becker's Healthcare March 26, 2019
Mackenzie Garrity

The Senate’s health committee held a hearing March 26 to discuss two recent rule proposals for EHRs as part of the 21st Century Cures Act.

The two rules define information blocking, so it is clear when one health system is purposely not sharing information with another one. The other rule would give patients more control over their health records.

Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., expressed full support of both rules.

“Having electronic health records that talk to one another — we call that interoperability — is one way to reduce...

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