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The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) is now live, and exchange partners are signing up. Hot on its heels come rules from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to prevent information blocking as required by the 21st Century Cures Act. According to a panel at the interoperability forum at the HIMSS23 global conference in Chicago, TEFCA is a
On April 13, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the HIPAA Privacy Rule, 45...
Federal regulators have issued new rules aimed at securing certified healthcare software, helping patients decide which records to keep private, and protecting data
Only 42 percent of hospitals reported that they observed their organization practicing information blocking in 2021, according to a April 5 survey from the HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
Under 21st Century Cures Act information blocking requirements by Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, actors like healthcare providers and electronic health record developers are prohibited from information blocking electronic health information.