Healthcare IT Today June 15, 2020
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The following is a guest article by Vatsala Kapur Pathy, Vice President of Policy for Collective Medical.

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the delayed enforcement of the federal Interoperability and Patient Access rule may have prompted a collective sigh of relief among healthcare leaders, but the pandemic demonstrates exactly why interoperability is needed—especially during a public health crisis.

Enforcement of the final rule, which sets standards for interoperability and patient access under the ONC’s 21st Century Cures Act, was pushed back six months due to COVID-19. But as providers reset their interoperability game plan and implementation for July 21, 2021, a recent report from the Duke Margolis Center for Public Policy shows why interoperability matters during...

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