Government policies help define how much access and control you have when it comes to medical records

Government policies help define how much access and control you have when it comes to medical records
OpenNotes monitors and occasionally provides comment on emerging policies impacting health care in the U.S. Our policy areas of interest include patient access to the information in their medical records, including data.
Note: The OpenNotes team is composed mainly of clinicians and researchers. We are neither government relations experts, nor lobbyists, nor attorneys. Consult with your organization’s Health Information Management, compliance, legal, finance, and public affairs teams to find out how public polices apply to your organization.
The program rule on Interoperability, Information Blocking, and ONC Health IT Certification—which implements the 21st Century Cures Act passed by a bipartisan Congress in 2016—requires U.S. patients be provided access to all the health information in their electronic medical records without charge by their healthcare provider.
The Cures Rule went into effect on April 5, 2021, and as a result made the concept of open notes the “law of the land.”
Learn how the Cures Act Final Rule is applied to open notes, and learn the difference between the Cures Act Final Rule and open notes.
(Source: ONC Cures Act Final Rule)
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