Who Will be the Tom Hanks Actor of Healthcare
By Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick
Twitter: @drnic1
Host of Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist – #TheIncrementalist
On this episode I talked to Elizabeth Delahoussaye, the Chief Privacy Officer at Ciox (@cioxhealth). Elizabeth is an expert in health information management aka as medical records.
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We dive into the history of healthcare information and track back to the HiTech Act from 2009 and the journey from there through enforcement, guidance, and ultimately imposition of fines for enforcement. Progress was slow with each of these stages and steps taking years to come to full fruition.
As I mention in the discussion I carried around the memo from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) – actually from 2013 that was my goto resource in obtaining access to my medical record.
But as we discuss the new regulatory requirements related to the 21st Century Cures Act has defined actors (yes we were both a little confused when we first heard that term), which includes everyone participating in the electronic health record and importantly includes the technology vendors. And all are now subject to penalties of up to $1 million per violation should they interfere with the exchange of electronic health information.
That’s all good news but there are still enforcement details to be published and challenges abound. Listen in to hear all about Actors in healthcare, the development of the interstate highway for healthcare information, and who and how you get this freeway connected with a major interstate, as opposed to just the back roads that we currently have
Who will lead and be Tom Hanks (good actor) and who will be the bad actor (Terminator) of data interoperability
Your chance now to is lead and build sharing into your healthcare solutions and services
About the Show
For years Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick, has served as a voice on the impact of new technologies on healthcare, earning a reputation as a leading authority on where the future of medicine is going. Combining powers of observation and real world experience, Dr. Nick has seen many predictions come true and makes the case that innovations in healthcare can be accomplished incrementally, not just by moonshot events. Tune in to hear Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist and his guests discuss what the future of healthcare looks like, how we will get there, and what it will take to improve healthcare for all.
This article was originally published on the Dr. Nick – The Incrementalist blog and is republished here with permission.