Are You Ready? Things You Need to Know About the New Federal Rules to Prevent Data Blocking and Improve Interoperability

The new federal rules from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) are expansive and touch nearly everyone in healthcare – providers, payers, health information technology (HIT) vendors, health information networks (HIN), health information exchanges (HIE), and patients. Mandatory compliance to prevent data blocking in order to enable greater data sharing is going into effect on April 5, 2021.

 

This white paper explores:

  • An overview of the rules and intended goals of the policy

  • The difference between ONC’s rules and HIPAA

  • Data defined under the U.S. Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI)

  • Eight exceptions that cover specific circumstances in which not fulfilling requests is allowed

  • Solutions to help your facility comply with rule requirements

Download the white paper to learn more.