The government has been phasing in compliance with sweeping information blocking regulations over the past two years, a process that ends with the new deadline, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT reminded stakeholders in a recent blog post.
Now, the data that providers, IT vendors and other healthcare entities are required to share with patients and each other is no longer limited to data elements in the USCDI dataset.
Late last month, the American Hospital Association and other provider groups sent a letter to the HHS urging regulators to delay expanding the definition of EHI by a year.
