MU 2 Gaps Closing Through Direct Clinical Information Exchange

Interoperability continues as a top priority provider challenge, despite multi- million dollar investments in electronic medical/health record systems. The Direct protocol has emerged as an affordable, interoperable and compliant framework for exchanging patient data securely among healthcare providers.

Pressure is mounting for healthcare providers to fully embrace and adopt Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), and to develop secure efficient methods of sharing associated records among multiple care providers, interoperably. A combination of regulatory mandates and reimbursement incentives created via the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HiTECH), and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) have helped boost adoption of EMR technology.

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