Healthcare leaders say the wide exchange of healthcare data between hospitals, insurers, practices, and patients will eventually be a game-changer.

“We’re at a transformational moment in healthcare,” says Chad Dodd, vice president of product management at athenahealth, a healthcare technology firm that provides electronic health records…

Since April 2021, 571 claims of possible information blocking have been reported, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) says. According to the agency’s data, 472 of those complaints, or 82%, involve healthcare providers. Most of the complaints have been issued by patients (352), or by third parties representing patients (84). Providers have filed 67 complaints about denials of access to information.

Dodd says it’s clear some healthcare organizations are blocking the sharing of information… Read the full article here.