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MYTH: ONC’s rule to encourage the sharing of health information, which went into effect on April 5, 2021, is also called the “Open Notes” rule
FACT: ONC’s rule is called the “Cures Act Final Rule” 🧵⬇️
FACT: ONC’s rule is called the “Cures Act Final Rule” 🧵⬇️
The 21st Century Cures Act was an overwhelmingly bipartisan piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama in 2016. Information sharing is central to ONC’s Cures Act Final Rule and, as a result, some refer to the rule as the “information sharing rule”.
Some also (mistakenly) refer to the Cures Act Final Rule as the "Open Notes Rule” but this is inaccurate. Though ONC supports the concept of 'open notes' and the work being done by @myopennotes, the Cures Act Final Rule and ‘open notes’ are not synonymous.
1/ Federal health agencies just released the long-awaited rules that could represent a huge step forward in data sharing to patient, between hospitals and between different types of electronic medical record systems.
This will shape the health data landscape for the next decade.
This will shape the health data landscape for the next decade.
2/ this @WSJ article by @annawmathews and @_melaevans captures the opportunities-and controversies- well.
During my time in the federal government (2009-2014) we pushed hard on adoption of electronic health records, and adoption rose rapidly
wsj.com/articles/embar…
During my time in the federal government (2009-2014) we pushed hard on adoption of electronic health records, and adoption rose rapidly
wsj.com/articles/embar…
3/ Doctors who remember trying to find a lost paper chart (or waiting for it to come back from radiology) will concede that there is an advantage to switching from paper to digital.
And nurses and pharmacists (and patients) appreciate not having to try to read our handwriting.
And nurses and pharmacists (and patients) appreciate not having to try to read our handwriting.
