EHR Intelligence April 6, 2021
Following a significant delay, ONC has officially put the 21st Century Cures Act information blocking provisions into effect.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has officially enabled the 21st Century Cures Act’s information blocking provisions.
As of April 5, 2021, healthcare providers, certified health IT developers, and health information exchanges (HIEs) will need to abide by the regulations.
“That said, all health care stakeholders will benefit, including many of these types of participants in the form of more readily available EHI when and where it is needed most,” Micky Tripathi, national coordinator for health information technology, and Steven Posnack, deputy national coordinator for health information technology, wrote in an ONC blog post.
In October 2020,...
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