Interoperability: Twin Proposals Address Health Data-Sharing Flaws
CMS may revise some CoPs to accommodate the proposed rule.
Over the last year, CMS has been on a health IT rampage — updating sites, striking down outdated policies, and even renaming its technical components to Promoting Interoperability (PI). It seems those digital turnarounds were just the tip of the policy iceberg.
Context: On Feb. 11, CMS and HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced proposed rules, aiming to revamp information exchange and health IT. The proposals, published in the Federal Register on March 4, contain much crossover material. However, ONC’s policies are...
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