and westrow today Articles, Healthcare Partners Christine Mundus and Healthcare Associate Gideon Parte and carolyn rye Discussed changes proposed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for health IT certification programs and regulations to facilitate access to electronic health information.
The authors believe that, once finalized, these proposed changes will continue to address the evolving landscape of healthcare IT, facilitate interoperability, and improve access, exchange, and use of electronic medical information. says. Certified healthcare IT developers will face additional burdens to meet these newly proposed and complex certification requirements. Additionally, this change will require healthcare organizations to re-evaluate their classification of information-blocking actors and their information-sharing practices.