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New Regs Aim to Improve Patient Records Access, Sharing
HealthInfoSec) • April 8, 2021 Get Permission
Long-awaited federal information blocking and health IT interoperability regulations under the 21st Century Cures Act went into effect this week. They are designed to give patients improved access to their records, including via smartphone apps, and make it easier for organizations to share records in an effort to improve treatment.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, in a blog post said the Monday compliance deadline for the regulations, which were issued in March 2020, marked a new day for interoperability.
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Under legislation passed by Congress this weekend that awaits President Donald Trump’s signature, HIPAA enforcers, when considering financial penalties for compliance violations, would need to determine whether an organization had implemented “recognized security practices,” such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework.
The legislation, which would modify the HITECH Act, came about after some healthcare organizations and trade associations complained that the Department of Health and Human Services was unfairly penalizing entities reporting breaches of health information that were the result of cyberattacks and ransomware incidents, notes privacy attorney David Holtzman, principal of the consulting firm HITprivacy.