The network must encourage linked electronic health records
What the document says“encourage the integration of electronic health records systems through application programming interfaces (or successor technologies) among hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and transplant centers, including the use of automated electronic hospital referrals and the grant of remote, electronic access to hospital electronic health records of potential donors by organ procurement organizations”
Section 6502 adds a new subparagraph (P) to section 372(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act. The network must encourage hospitals, organ procurement organizations and transplant centers to link their electronic health records systems, including automated electronic referrals and remote access to donors' records, in a way that complies with the privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
What the document actually says“encourage the integration of electronic health records systems through application programming interfaces (or successor technologies) among hospitals, organ procurement organizations, and transplant centers, including the use of automated electronic hospital referrals and the grant of remote, electronic access to hospital electronic health records of potential donors by organ procurement organizations”
The network must push hospitals and organ groups to link their record systems. Referrals would then go out on their own. Organ groups could see donor records from afar.
Organs must be matched fast. Faxes and phone calls cost hours. Linked systems cut that. Privacy rules still apply.
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