Governments across Europe are preparing for EHDS, but private healthcare businesses are not. That’s what I’m seeing on the ground and hearing on calls.
Part of the problem is a misunderstanding of who it applies to. Many businesses assume EHDS is a hospital EHR problem or a government problem.
Translation: somebody else’s problem.
But that’s not what the regulation says. It defines an EHR by what the software does, not by how large the vendor is.
Do not assume that because you integrate data with a larger EHR that you have nothing to do.
Do not assume that because you are a US company this does not apply to you.
Do not assume that because the end client can access the data in your cloud that the responsibility is all theirs.
If your system stores, moves, converts or displays the priority categories of patient data for care, there is a good chance you’re inside the EHR definition. A lot of companies who do not see themselves as EHR vendors are building one in the eyes of this regulation.
If this sounds like you, your exposure is real. You need to be having conversations about this now, not in two years.
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