EHR Intelligence April 19, 2021
However, ONC must not delay any future criteria dates to fully implement the information blocking terms.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) should not further delay the rollout of upcoming 21st Century Cures Act provisions so healthcare stakeholders can reap the full benefits of the information blocking rules, according to Molly Murray, Health Information Technology officer at Pew Charitable Trusts.
Murray conceded the information blocking provisions were a good first step, but delays could further hamper industry progress.
On March 9, 2020, ONC officially released the next phase of the 21st Century Cures Act, the interoperability rule, which primarily focused on interoperability and patient information blocking.
On April 5, 2021, those information blocking provisions went into...
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