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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is seeking additional compliance obligations from eClinicalWorks relating to the safety of its electronic health record software.
In a recent letter to eClinicalWorks compliance officer Michael D. Laycob, OIG expressed significant concerns regarding patient safety issues and the company s current compliance with the obligations imposed under a corporate integrity agreement that was enacted following eCW s 2017 False Claims Act settlement.
The new obligations include:
Enhancing patient safety notifications.
Submitting monthly progress reports to OIG, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Software Quality Oversight Organization.
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The proposed rule aims to enhance patient access and smooth API-enabled data exchange by requiring the use of specific HL7 FHIR implementation guides by payers.
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