Fortune March 26, 2019
The chairman of the Senate health committee on Tuesday backed new federal regulations to remove roadblocks patients can face in obtaining copies of their electronic medical records.
“These proposed rules remove barriers and should make it easier for patients to more quickly access, use, and understand their personal medical information,” said Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, in a statement prepared for a hearing on the rules that kicks off Tuesday at 10 a.m.
The rules, proposed last month by the Department of Health and Human Services, take aim at so-called information blocking, in which tech companies or health systems limit the sharing or transfer of information from medical files.
Alexander said HHS believes...
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