Medscape March 7, 2022
The federal government’s efforts to thwart information blocking are underway. As such, physicians would do well to be standing at the ready when the information blocking regulations, designed to ensure that patients can access their electronic health information (EHI), shift into full gear.
Recently, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) revealed that the Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) has received 299 reports of information blocking since inviting anyone who suspected that healthcare providers, IT developers, or health information networks/exchanges might have interfered with access, exchange, or use of EHI through the Report Information Blocking Portal on April 5, 2021.
The vast majority of these claims ― 211 ― were filed against providers, while 46 alleged incidents of...
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