EHR Vendor, Epic & 60 Health Systems Urge HHS To Modify Proposed Interoperability Rule

On February 3, 2020, Epic, an electronic health record (EHR) vendor, asked its health system clients to sign on to a letter urging the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to modify a pending federal interoperability rule to address concerns about consumer privacy, non-standardized data exchange, lack of protection of the intellectual property of EHR developers, and the proposed implementation timeline for fines. The letter says, “While we support HHS’ goal of empowering patients with their health data and reducing costs through the 21st Century Cures Act, we are concerned that ONC’s Proposed Rule on interoperability . . .