[{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core\/freeform","postId":2425,"blockType":{"name":"core\/freeform","keywords":[],"attributes":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"providesContext":[],"usesContext":[],"selectors":[],"supports":{"className":false,"customClassName":false,"reusable":false},"styles":[],"variations":[],"apiVersion":3,"title":"Classic","description":"Use the classic WordPress editor.","category":"text"},"originalContent":"The Bipartisan Policy Center and Health IT Now are calling on the federal government to implement a more modern oversight framework for digital healthcare and HIT that reduces burdens for users and technology developers, fostering innovation while ensuring consumer protections.

On Tuesday, the organizations released a report<\/a>\u2014based on feedback of a work group of nearly 50 individuals representing patients, providers, and vendors\u2014that lays out principles and recommendations for policymakers to consider as they seek to reduce burdens and advance regulatory reforms.

\u201cNearly 10 years after the passage of the HITECH Act, the time is now to update the course of federal health IT policy,\u201d states the report.

According to Joel White, executive director of Health IT Now, the report offers a strategy for how HIT should be regulated going forward\u2014which he said was not easy to put together.

\u201cTaxpayers have spent about $38 billion to support the adoption and use of EHRs, but these discrete incentives are winding down\u2014even as technology is taking off in exciting ways,\u201d White told an audience at a launch event held at the Bipartisan Policy Center. \u201cThe challenge is that our regulatory structures and federal programs have not kept pace with this innovation. In fact, in some cases, they have hindered the flourishing of creativity and new tools.\u201d

Also See<\/b>: HIT leaders unify, advocate for tech reforms to solve opioid crisis<\/a>

White noted that practicing physicians spend about half of their workdays on EHRs and desk work, while emergency physicians spend about 44 percent of their time on data entry. \u201cWe want to be encouraging more time between the doctor and the clinician and the patient,\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019ve placed regulatory requirements and rules and process over care and treatment and dialogue and discourse.\u201d

To reform this burdensome regulatory environment, BPC and HITN have recommended an <\/i><\/b>oversight framework designed to address the following six technology areas:
Interoperability\u2014Technology should facilitate interoperability and information sharing, which play a critical role\u2014along with other technology outcomes\u2014in advancing higher quality, more cost-effective, patient-centered care.
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Usability\u2014Technology should reflect evidence-based, user-centered design principles; human factors science; and best practices. It should not create unnecessary burden on end users. It should be culturally competent, enabling access by users with diverse languages and abilities.
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Safety\u2014Technology should not create patient harm. Instead, it should help reduce patient harm by supporting the delivery of safer care.
<\/li>
Security\u2014Technology should assure that information is available and accessible only to authorized individuals and processes and also provide assurance that information is not altered or destroyed in an unauthorized manner.
<\/li>
Patient Access to Information\u2014Technology should enable and not create barriers to patients\u2019 access to their own health information.
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Support for an Evolving Health Care System\u2014Technology should be adaptable and flexible enough to meet the changing needs of users and an evolving health care system.
<\/li><\/ul>Specifically, the report calls for \u201ccareful review and reduction or elimination of prescriptive technology requirements contained in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services\u2019 (CMS) quality improvement, payment, and delivery system reform programs and an overhaul of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Health IT Certification Program, building upon CMS and ONC efforts currently underway to reduce burdens and advance regulatory reforms.\u201d

\u201cCongress and the administration have an excellent opportunity to build a better system that both accelerates innovation and protects patients,\u201d said Janet Marchibroda, director of BPC\u2019s health innovation initiative. \u201cCompetition and incentives can produce innovative tools that ultimately help providers and patients deliver and receive high-quality, cost-effective, and patient-centered care.\u201d","saveContent":"The Bipartisan Policy Center and Health IT Now are calling on the federal government to implement a more modern oversight framework for digital healthcare and HIT that reduces burdens for users and technology developers, fostering innovation while ensuring consumer protections.

On Tuesday, the organizations released a report<\/a>\u2014based on feedback of a work group of nearly 50 individuals representing patients, providers, and vendors\u2014that lays out principles and recommendations for policymakers to consider as they seek to reduce burdens and advance regulatory reforms.

\u201cNearly 10 years after the passage of the HITECH Act, the time is now to update the course of federal health IT policy,\u201d states the report.

According to Joel White, executive director of Health IT Now, the report offers a strategy for how HIT should be regulated going forward\u2014which he said was not easy to put together.

\u201cTaxpayers have spent about $38 billion to support the adoption and use of EHRs, but these discrete incentives are winding down\u2014even as technology is taking off in exciting ways,\u201d White told an audience at a launch event held at the Bipartisan Policy Center. \u201cThe challenge is that our regulatory structures and federal programs have not kept pace with this innovation. In fact, in some cases, they have hindered the flourishing of creativity and new tools.\u201d

Also See<\/b>: HIT leaders unify, advocate for tech reforms to solve opioid crisis<\/a>

White noted that practicing physicians spend about half of their workdays on EHRs and desk work, while emergency physicians spend about 44 percent of their time on data entry. \u201cWe want to be encouraging more time between the doctor and the clinician and the patient,\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019ve placed regulatory requirements and rules and process over care and treatment and dialogue and discourse.\u201d

To reform this burdensome regulatory environment, BPC and HITN have recommended an <\/i><\/b>oversight framework designed to address the following six technology areas:

Interoperability\u2014Technology should facilitate interoperability and information sharing, which play a critical role\u2014along with other technology outcomes\u2014in advancing higher quality, more cost-effective, patient-centered care.
<\/li>
Usability\u2014Technology should reflect evidence-based, user-centered design principles; human factors science; and best practices. It should not create unnecessary burden on end users. It should be culturally competent, enabling access by users with diverse languages and abilities.
<\/li>
Safety\u2014Technology should not create patient harm. Instead, it should help reduce patient harm by supporting the delivery of safer care.
<\/li>
Security\u2014Technology should assure that information is available and accessible only to authorized individuals and processes and also provide assurance that information is not altered or destroyed in an unauthorized manner.
<\/li>
Patient Access to Information\u2014Technology should enable and not create barriers to patients\u2019 access to their own health information.
<\/li>
Support for an Evolving Health Care System\u2014Technology should be adaptable and flexible enough to meet the changing needs of users and an evolving health care system.
<\/li><\/ul>Specifically, the report calls for \u201ccareful review and reduction or elimination of prescriptive technology requirements contained in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services\u2019 (CMS) quality improvement, payment, and delivery system reform programs and an overhaul of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Health IT Certification Program, building upon CMS and ONC efforts currently underway to reduce burdens and advance regulatory reforms.\u201d

\u201cCongress and the administration have an excellent opportunity to build a better system that both accelerates innovation and protects patients,\u201d said Janet Marchibroda, director of BPC\u2019s health innovation initiative. \u201cCompetition and incentives can produce innovative tools that ultimately help providers and patients deliver and receive high-quality, cost-effective, and patient-centered care.\u201d","order":0,"get_parent":{},"attributes":[],"attributesType":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"dynamicContent":""}]

Groups offer strategy for regulating health IT

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