At the annual meeting the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) mentioned that the final rules on interoperability and information blocking — to be issued by ONC and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — are expected to be released in the coming weeks.
The meeting also included key sessions on developments in patient matching and health care data privacy issues, click here to view the webcase.
In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar emphasized the administration’s commitment to a patient-centered, competitive health care system and the importance of patient ownership of their health care data to support choice.
