The ONC Cures Act aims at making healthcare data more computable and giving patients more control of their medical record. Healthcare providers are required to update their Condition of Certification for the following measures.
No Information Blocking
$ 170.401
Providers must agree to not take any action that constitutes information blocking or inhibiting access. Certain exceptions have been allowed.
Standardized API for Patient and Population Services $ 170.315(g)(10)
Providers must implement or upgrade their Healthcare IT application to be certified with this measure. This measure requires the use of HL7 FHIR R4 APIs and the SMART specification to be implemented to provide patients with access to their health information.
Electronic Health Information
(EHI) Export $ 170.315(b)(10)
This requires hospitals to send electronic patient event notifications of a patient’s admission, discharge, and/or transfer to another healthcare facility or to another community provider or practitioner.
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