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Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center and the Digital Medicine Society will co-host CancerX, an initiative to use digital innovation to fight cancer.
CMS put out a request for information in October about a CMS-led national provider directory that would allow patients to find and compare providers based on preferences like language and location. Alexandra Mugge, director and deputy chief health informatics officer of the Health Informatics and Interoperability Group at CMS, said there is stakeholder support for the national directory — if it's executed correctly.
Without a new set of tools that clinicians can access at the point of care, the availability of information from QHINs will increase provider burdens because they will struggle to find the information needed to evaluate a patient, take action, complete documentation, and move to the next patient.
Under the 21st Century Cures Act information blocking requirements and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) (the Information Blocking Rules)...
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.