21st Century Cures Act Panel Discussion
November 15, 2022 | Chapter Event
Join the New York State Chapter as industry experts discuss all facets of the Cures Act—from healthcare continuum to all rights of the patient.
As of April 5, 2021, the information blocking (also known as open notes) rule of the federal 21st Century Cures Act dictates that eight categories of clinical notes created in an electronic health record (EHR) must be immediately available to patients through a secure online portal. Individual or organizational health care providers may not block or delay patients’ access to any eligible information (including test and studies results) entered and stored in their EHR.
The rights of patients to access their records were codified under HIPAA in 1996; the 2016 passing of the Cures Act legislation aimed to make access easier and virtually unrestricted. To increase interoperability across EHR platforms, the Cures Act requires vendors and users to enable the development of computer and smart phone applications that give patients full and portable access to their health care information. To that end, the final rules of the Act specifically require that patients have access to their personal EHR notes without delay. As of April 5, 2021, the following eight categories of clinical notes created in an EHR must be immediately available to patients:
Mandatory categories of clinical notes to be made available
1. Consultation notes
2. Discharge summary notes
3. History and physicals
4. Imaging narratives
5. Lab report narratives
6. Pathology report narratives
7. Procedure notes
8. Progress notes
Registration is free
Moderator
- Thomas Hallisey, Director Digital Health Strategy, Healthcare Association of New York State
Panelists
- Todd M. Rogow, MPA, CHCIO, President and Chief Executive Officer of Healthix
- Maria Phillips, Senior Counsel – Privacy & Compliance, Imprivata, Inc.
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