Why Appy
Appy Health is the 21st Century Cures Act “Member Choice” technology solution for healthcare consumers, patients, and employees (aka Appy Members), which was signed into law on December 13, 2016.
What is Not Compliant!
- Web portals, PDF form downloads, or applications that capture data from patients’ manual entry do not meet the HL7 API data sharing regulatory requirements.
- An Electronic Health Record (EHR) that has a mobile solution is not compliant as the data ownership does not transfer to the patient or their sole control.
- The patient’s application must be able to communicate key treatment decisions and care plan instructions that can be discussed with their care team clinicians.
Why the Appy Health Member Choice Technology is Complaint!
- Appy Health exceeds the 21st Century Cures Act Stringent Governance, Regulatory Compliance, and Key objectives.
- The Appy Health technology solution is selected by the employee, patient, and healthcare consumers that incorporates the specific architecture defined below.
Objective
Solution
Description
Governance
Legislation
Stakeholders
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
CMS's final rule on interoperability and patient access to health data applies to certain federally regulated payers, including Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicare Advantage (MA), and certain Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the federally facilitated exchanges (FFEs). Stakeholders also include doctors, hospitals/facilities, and health IT developers
Compliance
Informatioj Blocking
Final Rule on Interoperability
The Cures Act prohibits "information blocking," defined broadly to mean practices that are likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage the access, exchange, or use of EHl.
The final rule establishes policies to improve the exchange of health data to facilitate greater patient access to EHI. Reducing patient access barriers to their health information at no cost.
Key Goals
Improve Interoperability
Accelerate Advancement
Empower Patients
Standardization
Implementation of HL7 FHIR unites healthcare apps by creating a common set of APls tenable these platforms to share data and communicate with ease.
The Cures Act is designed to help accelerate medical product development and bring new innovations and advances to patients who need them faster and more efficiently.
Full access to personal health information allows patients to better manage their health care, remain informed about key treatment decisions and have more meaningful discussions with their clinicians.
The final rule establishes standards for application programing interfaces (APls) to improve the exchange of EHl and to enable patients to access their health information at no cost. Developers must ensure that their systems can communicate with third-party users, which include consumer apps.
