Interoperability drives VA to propose patient record-sharing without hardcopy consent

Healthcare IT News: Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD, proposed a revision to federal regulation on the confidentiality of medical records to fuel better data sharing with private sector providers.

The rule proposes changing VA privacy regulations by letting agency providers release patient medical records to eligible community providers, even if a physical copy of the patient’s written consent is not present.

The change would instead put the burden of attesting patient consent on health information exchange providers.

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