“A new rule issued today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology involves the patient, not as a person being “acted upon,” said Elise Sweeney Anthony, director of Office of Policy for the ONC, but as someone in control of his or her electronic health records.”
“If a patient requests their record, and it’s not given to them electronically and for free, that’s information blocking, Sweeney said during HIMSS19.”
“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would also require that healthcare providers and plans implement open data sharing technologies to support transitions of care as patients move between these plan types.”
“For instance, the records must be able to be transferred between providers when a patient requests that service when changing physicians.”
“Health information exchanges and health information networks are subject to…” Read the full article here.
Source: HHS unwraps long-awaited new information blocking rule – By Susan Morse, February 11, 2019. HealthcareITNews.
