A collaborative of eight national healthcare associations on Friday, February 5 announced their joint creation of a new online resource to help the leaders of U.S. patient care organizations to prepare to meet the requirements of the information-blocking regulations.
The ONC Cures Act Final Rule is a set of regulations that will broadly impact patient care organizations along numerous dimensions, once providers are bound by its provisions, beginning on April 5.
According to a press release posted to the website of the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), “With the deadline for complying with federal information blocking regulations quickly approaching, physicians and other healthcare providers are getting assistance from eight leading healthcare organizations. Starting today, the Information Blocking Resource Center will be live and will highlight tools and resources to educate and help prepare healthcare professionals for the April 5 information blocking applicability date.”
As the press release noted, “The American College of Physicians (ACP), American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), American Medical Association (AMA), American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), American Psychiatric Association (APA), College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Premier Inc. have pooled resources and provided a centralized location for healthcare professionals to access the information necessary to understand and comply with these challenging 21st Century Cures Act requirements. Powered by CHIME Public Policy with search and sorting functions, the Information Blocking Resource Center offers links to regulatory overviews, documents, articles, cheat sheets, guides, webinars and other documents submitted by the eight organizations. The center will also feature resources released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).”
The press release stated that “Materials are organized under nine categories:
• Information blocking actors
• Information blocking compliance
• Information blocking and COVID-19
• Information blocking and mental health/substance abuse
• Information blocking education
• Information blocking exceptions
• Information blocking overview
• Federal resources
• Patient resources
The Information Blocking Resource Center is free and open to the public. It can be accessed here.
