The letter comes in response to a request for information on advancing interoperability and health information exchange, issued by CMS and the ONC.
The letter also urges the agencies to:
• Incorporate patient data-matching safeguards.
• Advance standards that will enable health information exchanges to interconnect at all levels.
• Focus on policies that mandate content standards.
• Avoid policies that mandate participation in a certain type of exchange, such as a statewide or nationwide HIE.
• Examine regulations and laws that inhibit HIE more closely.
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