Becker's Healthcare July 17, 2023
Epic, the nation’s largest EHR vendor, opposed some proposed changes by ONC that the agency says will improve interoperability, healthcare data exchange and health IT transparency.
For instance, the vendor opposed the transparency requirements for certified health IT developers’ predictive decision support models, saying they would hurt innovation, and said the definition of the predictive model should be limited to clinical or cognitive computing rather than administrative or operational tools, according to a public comment submitted in June by Ladd Wiley, a lobbyist for Epic.
The vendor also said the...