The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has finalized an update to rules for certifying electronic health records. The new rules on oversight and accountability, released Friday morning, are intended to address issues of public health and patient safety, as well as provide additional transparency into the surveillance of certified EHR products, federal officials said.
This rule does not supplant the existing, much-criticized EHR certification program that has been in place since Meaningful Use came about in 2011. Instead, it focuses on concerns about oversight, including, to an extent, the problem of “information blocking” by EHR vendors.
