What You Can Do
Companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by hospitals nationwide as well as the top five largest health care systems in the country have agreed to implement three core commitments:
Consumer Access: To help consumers easily and securely access their electronic health information, direct it to any desired location, learn how their information can be shared and used, and be assured that this information will be effectively and safely used to benefit their health and that of their community.
No Blocking/Ensuring Transparency: To help providers share individuals’ health information for care with other providers and their patients whenever permitted by law, and not block electronic health information (defined as knowingly and unreasonably interfering with information sharing).
Standards: Implement federally recognized, national interoperability standards, policies, guidance, and practices for electronic health information, and adopt best practices including those related to privacy and security.
The organizations that have made commitments represent hospitals, integrated health care organizations, medical groups and physician offices, academic facilities, long-term and behavioral health care settings, professional and advocacy organizations and patients throughout the country, and include:
- Vendors who provide 90 percent of hospital electronic health records used nationwide;
- The top five largest health systems in the nation and, in total, health care systems providing patient care in 46 states;
- More than a dozen leading health care provider, hospital, technology, and consumer advocacy groups.
Who’s Made the Pledge
- Health Information Exchange Organizations
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Sequoia Project [PDF - 291 KB]
Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative [PDF - 1.8 MB]
- Health IT Developers
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Electronic Services Technologies
Forward Health Group [PDF - 148 KB]
Greenway Health [PDF - 171 KB]
Harris Computer Systems [PDF - 150 KB]
- Healthcare Systems
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Ascension Health [PDF - 196 KB]
Carolinas Healthcare [PDF - 153 KB]
Catholic Health Initiatives [PDF - 165 KB]
Community Health Systems [PDF - 99 KB]
Geisinger Health System [PDF - 115 KB]
Global Healthcare Alliance [PDF - 77 KB]
Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) [PDF - 143 KB]
Intermountain Healthcare [PDF - 187 KB]
Johns Hopkins Medicine [PDF - 145 KB]
Kaiser Permanente [PDF - 168 KB]
Lifepoint Health [PDF - 708 KB]
National Comprehensive Cancer Network®(NCCN®) [PDF - 78 KB]
Nemours Children's Health System [PDF - 1 MB]
Marathon Health [PDF - 734 KB]
Mountain States Health Alliance [PDF - 96 KB]
Partners Healthcare [PDF - 422 KB]
- Provider, Technology, and Consumer Organizations
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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) [PDF - 126 KB]
American College of Physicians (ACP) [PDF - 225 KB]
American College of Surgeons [PDF - 529 KB]
American Hospital Association (AHA) [PDF - 251 KB]
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) [PDF - 132 KB]
American Medical Association (AMA) [PDF - 193 KB]
American Medical Group Association (AMGA) [PDF - 193 KB]
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) [PDF - 268 KB]
American Nurses Association (ANA) [PDF - 208 KB]
American Osteopathic Association (AOA) [PDF - 182 KB]
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) [PDF - 121 KB]
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) [PDF - 209 KB]
Baystate Health [PDF - 120 KB]
Center for Medical Interoperability [PDF - 796 KB]
College of Healthcare Informatics Management Executives (CHIME) [PDF - 186 KB]
Consumer Technology Association [PDF - 143 KB]
Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) [PDF - 702 KB]
Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) [PDF - 471 KB]
Lexmark Healthcare [PDF - 826 KB]
Medical Imaging & Techonology Alliance (MITA) [PDF - 144 KB]
National Partnership for Women and Families [PDF - 248 KB]
National Rural Health Association (NRHA) [PDF - 200 KB]
National Rural Health Resource Center [PDF - 190 KB]
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital [PDF - 189 KB]