AMIA Calls For Sufferer Access to Complete Health Information

AMIA has asserted the federal government to repeal a regulation on unstructured EHR data that could assist the patients access their health data.

At the 2016 ONC Annual Meeting, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has asked the federal government to repeal the prohibition on the use of unstructured data in case to assist the patients access all of their health information.

In a statement on its website, AMIA elaborated that the regulation that limits the use of unstructured data has caused healthcare stakeholders to only access certain parts of EHR data for patients, such as summaries, and not the entire medical history.

“The prohibition – originally involved to prevent unstructured data overload – has outlived its usefulness,” stated the Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI, AHIMA President and CEO. “Further, this prohibition has muted conversations on data portability for providers looking to switch EHRs, who currently only have access to summary records of their patients’ data.”