{"id":709,"date":"2021-03-18T13:44:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eclipsepracticemanagementsoftware.com\/blog\/?p=709"},"modified":"2021-03-19T10:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T14:48:40","slug":"information-blocking-the-21st-century-cures-act-is-not-a-cause-for-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eclipsepracticemanagementsoftware.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/18\/information-blocking-the-21st-century-cures-act-is-not-a-cause-for-panic\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Blocking & The 21st Century Cures Act Is Not A Cause For Panic!"},"content":{"rendered":"

For all the Chicken Littles out there preaching to you that the sky is falling & you must immediately do this & buy that, my response is a simple “No!” Don’t buy into the hype &\u00a0 begin spending money unnecessarily.<\/p>\n

First of all, the goal<\/em>\u00a0is to ensure that your patients have timely access to all the data (e.g. medical & billing) which currently resides in your computer system.<\/p>\n

So, given all the misinformation swirling about, I’d like to draw your attention to this Information Blocking FAQ from HealthIT.gov<\/a>. You don’t need to read through most of the dense language either. Let’s pay attention to some key items.<\/p>\n