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Are You Ready for Information Blocking Compliance?

The information blocking provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act will impact virtually every healthcare stakeholder with access to electronic health information.

AHIMA’s one-stop resource will equip HIM professionals with guidance in relevant areas, including privacy and security and information governance, while also empowering them to provide evidence-based strategies to collaborators in every healthcare domain.

Follow the navigation below based on your organization’s information blocking journey:

  • Essentials: This overview provides resources on the information blocking rules, compliance FAQs, implementation checklists, and timelines
  • News Updates: Regular updates on resources and news from across the healthcare landscape
  • Information Blocking Resources: Includes thought leadership from the field, including expert interviews, strategies, and case studies

Resources

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August 2, 2022

AHIMA, AMIA, EHRA Release Report on Operationalizing Definition of EHI

AHIMA, AMIA, and EHRA announced today the release of a final report that examines key issues related to operationalizing the definitions of “electronic health information” (EHI) and “designated record set” (DRS). The report is intended to serve as a resource to assist providers, health IT systems, health information exchanges, and health information networks in complying with the information blocking provisions of the Cures Act Final Rule.

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July 28, 2021

How to Manage Legacy Data in the Age of Information Blocking

In this slideshow, Harmony Healthcare IT, a data management firm, explains why successful legacy data management will benefit your health system’s patients and ensure your organization stays in compliance with information blocking mandates.

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July 15, 2021

Is a Digital Front Door the Key to Information Blocking?

As hospitals work to comply with the Information Blocking rules, providers need to consider how to provide patients with their health data in ways that are secure, easy to access, and effective for continuing on their unique care journeys.

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June 1, 2021

Five Tips to Reach True Interoperability

Today, the 21st Century Cures Act mandates interoperability and electronic access to patient health data. Consider these five tips to help comply with the rules and become a part of advancing patient-centric interoperability.

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April 28, 2021

Interoperability Is Catching FHIRA Strategic Approach to Complying with the Cures Act

How payers can strengthen their ability to securely share and leverage health data on the road to Cures Act compliance.

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March 17, 2021

A Strategic Approach to Complying with the Cures Act

Even though the compliance dates for the interoperability rule keep shifting due to the pandemic, it is critical that healthcare organizations create the framework for regulatory compliance now—if they haven’t already.

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March 17, 2021

Interoperability Needs to Be About Populations, Not Just Individual Patients

Our collective thinking about interoperability is still immature when it comes to the population-level use cases needed to drive outcomes for value-based care, especially those related to reducing the cost of care.

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March 10, 2021

Five Myths About Information Blocking

Conversations with healthcare providers have yielded some common misconceptions that distract from the goal of complying with the information blocking prohibition.

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March 10, 2021

How the Information Blocking Rule Will Bring True Innovation to Healthcare

While two banks 8,100 miles apart can share information in near real-time, two hospitals across the street from each other cannot (and in some cases will not).

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Webinar | 1 CEU

Practical Steps in Complying with The 21st Century Cures Act and Information Blocking

This presentation provides a high-level overview of information blocking compliance. Register now and watch at your convenience.

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March 10, 2021

Threading the HIPAA Needle Through Information Blocking

Take a closer look at the difference between HIPAA’s “right of access” as compared to the Preventing Harm Exception found in the information blocking rule.

February 25, 2021

Understanding the Eight Exceptions to Information Blocking

Embedded within the rules of the 21st Century Cures Act are eight exceptions that empower providers to deny EHI requests without being tagged as information blockers.

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February 19, 2021

The Compliance Clock is Ticking on ONC’s 21st Century Cures Act Regulations

April 5 marks a transformative day in healthcare data exchange. Here’s what health information professionals need to know.

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February 10, 2021

Five Strategies for Your Organization’s Information Blocking Plan

This AHIMA checklist includes five strategies designed to help HIM professionals build compliance infrastructure, spark inter-departmental collaboration, and create implementation templates customized to your organization.

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January 4, 2021

There’s an API for That

The Cures Act gives patients unprecedented power over their own health data. HIM professionals will play a big part in helping consumers wield it responsibly and securely.

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December 7, 2020

Requesting Medical Records

The Cures Act gives consumers unprecedented control over their health information. It is up to health organizations and HIM leaders to ensure patients wield that power safely and responsibly.

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October 5, 2020

Federal Regulators Put Patients in the Driver’s Seat

Providers and payers need to be ready to fulfill data requests without delay.

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Information Blocking FAQs

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology answers commonly asked questions about IB.

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Individual Access to Health Information

AHIMA's policy statement including our position, background on the topic, and the current situation.

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