ONC Request for Information on Electronic Health Record Reporting Program

Graphic of Electronic Health RecordThe U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking “input from the public regarding the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Reporting Program….  Responses will be used to inform subsequent discussions among stakeholders and future work toward the development of reporting criteria under the EHR Reporting Program.”  Written or electronic comments must be received by 5pm 10/17/18.  The EHR Reporting Program was established by the Section 4002 of the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255 Title IV, § 4002, 130 Stat 1159, 12/13/16; codified at 42 U.S.C. § 300jj-19a).  The ONC is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary, and it supports “the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care.”