HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator will allocate $2.5 million in CARES Act funding to health information exchanges to support public health uses of information from health information exchanges (HIEs). Five recipients will each get $500,000.
Though hospitals got an extension on certain deadlines for CMS’ new interoperability rules due to Covid-19, some groups say the rules are more important now than ever.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
After publicly campaigning against the ONC’s planned interoperability rules, Epic Systems said the agency has addressed privacy concerns in the final version of the legislation.
Hospitals and health IT vendors will have some extra time to come into compliance with new interoperability rules published by the Department of Health and Human Services in March. The agency is giving them an extension in light of the pandemic.
HHS dropped two final rules on interoperability on Monday, requiring healthcare providers and payers to make it easier for patients to access their health information. The rules were changed to give providers more time to come into compliance, but still raise questions about patient privacy.
The Department of Health and Human Services released two much-anticipated final rules on interoperability. The rules require health IT companies to gives patients access to their data and will penalize providers who don’t make patient data available.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The Department of Health and Human Services put out a series of strategies to reduce the amount of time physicians spend on documentation on Monday. The report includes suggestions to standardize certain elements of EHRs, and bring federal reporting requirements up to date.
With data-blocking rules expected to go into effect soon, patients should finally be able to access and freely share their health data. But should those rules also include privacy protections for those that opt to share their data with health apps?
The proposed rule would make it easier for patients to obtain and share their health records. EHR giant Epic Systems raised concerns over the proposed rule, while competitor Cerner said it was fully in support.
The second draft of TEFCA outlines principles to support the nationwide exchange of health information, and comments are due on June 17, 2019.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
HIMSS' new proposed definition is currently open for a public comment period which ends March 30.
Creating a rule requiring these organizations to publicize the results of these arrangements would put more power in patients' hand and push the healthcare industry towards being more consumer friendly, a leading priority of the Trump Administration.
The country is boldly moving toward a new era of nationwide interoperability. Earlier this week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) proposed new regulations aim to require health data sharing among care organizations, reduce information blocking, and simplify patient access to their own health data. ONC is expected to further bolster […]
Tweeting that the "VA's leadership intends to take the EHR modernization effort in a different direction than we were headed," Genevieve Morris has resigned from her role as interim chief health information officer for the Office of EHR Modernization at the VA.
The first statement that will likely catch an organization’s attention is the window of time in which a response must be provided — 14 days following the organization’s receipt of the letter and that time will fly by.