By Chelsea Richwine – Patients have a right of access to their health information under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Recent policy efforts aim to simplify and increase patient access to electronic health information, as easy access to health information enables patients to monitor…
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By Jessica Scruton BSN RN CCM-R – According to the CDC, there are over 130 million Emergency Department visits each year, with over 16.2 million resulting in admission to the hospital. CMS says that one of the goals of primary care should be to reduce unnecessary emergency department visits.
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including the 2nd week of the 2021 ONC Tech Forum, a webinar on information sharing & the information blocking regulation, and helping to refine the EHR Reporting Program developer measures.
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including new dates for the 2021 ONC Tech Forum, 3 feedback periods now open, and a new HealthIT Data section.
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including a clinical decision support workshop, USCDI version 2 is now available, and helping to define Health Interoperability Outcomes for the next decade.
By Austin Dobson – The CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule requires patients to access their data which caught many U.S. payer organizations on their heels. It includes steep technical compliance climbs for teams that have never had to work with these standards or meet these requirements.
By Devin Partida – As of May 10, 2020, IT specialists working in health care had to begin investigating how to implement requirements related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Interoperability and Patient Access final rule. They have until 2022 to get it done, although specific deadlines apply for particular milestones.
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including launching the PHIT Workforce Development Program, new data brief on EHRs and Patient Access, and helping the ONC define Health Interoperability Outcome for the next decade.
A three part series on the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule. Part 1: What are we really talking about? Part 2: Making the economics work for you. Part 3: Where are you going to invest to maximize benefits?