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” 🧵⬇️
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.
We should note (ha!) that references to clinical notes in the rule are also not specific to @myopennotes. See our relevant FAQ about clinical notes: healthit.gov/curesrule/faq/…
TL;DR… ONC’s Cures Act Final Rule ≠ the “Open Notes Rule” but ONC nonetheless supports the work of @myopennotes and the concept of ‘open notes’ 🤝 #CuresRuleONC #HealthIT #digitalhealth
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