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HHS Finalizes Rules to Penalize Healthcare Providers Engaging in Information Blocking

June 25, 2024

Via: HitConsultant

Information blocking occurs when a healthcare provider knowingly and unreasonably interferes with the access, exchange, or use of a patient’s EHI. This can hinder communication between providers, delay treatment, and ultimately harm patient care. The New Rule: Disincentives for Blocking […]


Regulatory

HHS asks for more information blocking authority from Congress

May 27, 2022

Via: Healthcare Dive

The administration requested the authority from Congress in President Joe Biden’s budget proposal for the 2023 fiscal year. The budget, which isn’t binding but comprises a wish list for agency funding, includes in some cases what the administration deems as […]


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Information Blocking in Health IT: Myth or Reality?

June 15, 2015

Via: Hit Consultant/Security

Do we believe in something we can’t see? The suggestion has been made that some vendors are actively engaged in “information blocking”—a basic refusal to exchange patient data with other systems. Either that or they’re charging boatloads of money to […]