The ASTP/ONC has withdrawn its proposed rule on health data interoperability, which aimed to enhance patient engagement and information sharing. This decision follows the closure of the comment period on October 4, 2024, and reflects ongoing challenges in implementing health information technology regulations.
ASTP/ONC published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2024, a proposed rule, titled "Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability" (HTI-2), in which it proposed updating and adding regulations regarding health information technology, information blocking, and the Trusted Exchange Framework and the Common Agreement. The comment period closed on October 4, 2024. ASTP/ONC is withdrawing the remaining proposals that have
Original title: “Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability; Withdrawal”