By Steven Posnack – On Monday, March 9th 2020, the ONC released the long awaited final rule to address information blocking and update the ONC Health IT Certification Program as directed by Congress through the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016.
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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 ONC’s Cures Act Final Rule, the Draft Federal HealthIT Strategic Plan, & more.
The ONC released their long awaited final rule on patient access, information blocking, and certification updates on March 9th. We have rounded up the usual suspects as they make their initial statements about the rule.
FTC Submits Comment on Final Information Blocking Rule to the Department of Health & Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Today, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced the release of the 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program Final Rule, which implements provisions from the 21st Century Cures Act passed by Congress.
HHS Finalizes Historic Rules to Provide Patients More Control of Their Health Data: Final rules require access to health information, spur innovation and aim to end information blocking.
By Teresa Zayas Caban, Kevin Chaney MGS, Stephanie Garcia MPH, Tracy Okubo PMP & Robert Carroll PhD – The increasing availability of electronic health data in the 21st century has tremendous potential to ignite a new era of inquiry and discovery.
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 updates on HIMSS. the ONC Annual Meeting, and Draft Health IT Strategic Plan.
By Thomas A. Mason MD – The ONC is releasing an updated version the Health IT Playbook, a tool to help clinical practices reduce the burden of EHRs and make the most of their health IT investment. The Playbook is an intuitive, easy to navigate…