Health IT Groups Praise Goals Of Draft EHR Bill, But Question Mandates

Electronic health records would have to be coordinated enough for users to view results of patient tests, see registry information, and access device data under a Senate HELP Committee draft bill calling for federal standards, but health IT groups say they would prefer a more voluntary approach.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) is proposing draft legislation to coordinate electronic health records (EHR) so that providers might seamlessly download and view results of patient laboratory and imaging tests, access data from medical devices, and see registry data on device performance.

The draft bill was announced last month simultaneously with the committee’s release of a schedule to consider multiple medical innovation bills, with a call for comments. Now some of the...

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