Interoperability
AHA letter to Representatives Fred Upton and Frank Pallone, Jr. regarding H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act.
The AHA May 18 expressed concern that certain enforcement mechanisms contemplated for health care providers to further interoperability in the 21st Century Cures legislation are inappropriate and could have significant unintended consequences.
AHA yesterday expressed concern that certain enforcement mechanisms contemplated for health care providers to further interoperability in the 21st Century Cures legislation are inappropriate and could have significant unintended consequences. 鈥淲e appreciate the inclusion of provisions to further鈥
The AHA today expressed concern that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology鈥檚 鈥渞oadmap鈥 to achieve nationwide interoperability 鈥渋s not sufficiently grounded in an assessment of present realities or focused enough on the steps that will enable public and private鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today released a draft national 鈥渞oadmap鈥 for achieving a health IT infrastructure that facilitates the secure exchange and use of electronic health information for a learning health鈥
To assist hospitals in working with health information technology \(IT\) vendors to achieve meaningful use, the AHA has developed the following guidelines for EHR contracting. These guidelines address the most common issues for hospitals thatlicense EHR software applications and/or obtain related鈥