HHS unwraps long-awaited new information blocking rule

Healthcare IT News: A new rule issued today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology involves the patient, not as a person being “acted upon,” said Elise Sweeney Anthony, director of Office of Policy for the ONC, but as someone in control of his or her electronic health records.

If a patient requests their record, and it’s not given to them electronically and for free, that’s information blocking, Sweeney said during HIMSS19.

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