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HHS finalizes rules requiring EHR access and ending information blocking

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today finalized two interoperability rules to give patients faster and safer access to their health data. Innovation and Patient Access The Office of the National Coordinator’s final rule establishes secure, standards-based application programming interface requirements to support a patient’s access and control of their electronic health information.… Read More »

How to read between the lines of the healthcare data blocking debate

About a year ago, the Department of Health and Human Services first proposed rules to promote sharing and the interoperability of health data to enable patients to electronically access their health information. Many of the top industry players submitted commentary to The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for… Read More »