Introduction

Welcome to the eHealth Law Blog. This blog’s mission is to discuss the practical aspects of laws and regulations that govern health information technology. It will examine a range of issues, with a focus on how proposed and recent HHS rulemaking may impact healthcare technology developers, providers, and compliance and legal professionals.

Regular topics will include interoperability and information blocking, the ONC Health IT Certification Program, and physician payment programs like MIPS. There will be a notable emphasis on how laws and regulations drive interactions between health IT products, physicians, and patients. This blog’s mission to is to become a place of conversation around those issues.

Input from others isn’t just welcome, but essential to that mission. No one individual knows everything about the health IT regulatory and legal space. That is impossible. Nor is this blog intended for just a legal audience. The views, experiences, and considerations of physicians, product developers, and others will only make the conversation richer.