Office Of The National Coordinator For Health Information Technology Report To Congress On Information Blocking

In this report to Congress on April 8, 2015, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) discussed its plans to discourage health information technology vendors and provider organizations from “information blocking” to preserve market share. HHS defined “information blocking” as business practices intended to intentionally and unreasonably interfere with the exchange of or use of electronic health information, which is a key HHS goal . . .