AMA March 14, 2023
When it was signed into law in 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act promised more efficient data exchange and much-needed privacy protections for patients in an increasingly technology-driven health care system. Physicians were especially supportive of provisions that promised to bring about long-overdue interoperability of electronic health records. But certain regulations issued to implement that law are undermining quality care and needlessly putting patients at risk.
At issue are rules issued by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) that effectively require the immediate electronic release of all test results to patients before those patients have had an opportunity to talk with their physician. Most of the time, an immediate release is exactly what...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor