“A meeting hosted by the White House on Tuesday included approximately 35 people from a range of healthcare sectors and featured a broad discussion that touched on incentivizing interoperability, defining information blocking and regulatory relief…”
“Some walked away with a sense the administration is keenly focused on EHR interoperability as White House officials asked specifically about barriers to sharing health information and what the government can do to help. But others left unimpressed with the administration’s grasp on the complex issue…”
“They were super simplistic in their understanding and non-committal on next steps,” said one meeting attendee who asked not to be named. “They were searching for quick wins…”
“In addition to executives from Intermountain, Cerner, The Sequoia Project and HIMSS, there were representatives from all walks of the health IT industry, according to one attendee. Attendees included…”
Source: White House interoperability meeting focuses on regulatory relief, barriers to data sharing – By Evan Sweeney, December 14, 2017, FierceHealthcare. Read the full article here.
