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OneRecord Is First To Achieve EHNAC Trusted Dynamic Registration & Authentication Certification (TDRAAP-Basic)

OneRecord Is First To Achieve EHNAC Trusted Dynamic Registration & Authentication Certification

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – November 25, 2020 – OneRecord, a consumer-facing health platform with apps on iOS, Android, and web – announced today it has achieved full Trusted Dynamic Registration & Authentication Accreditation Program (TDRAAP)-Basic certification from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC). Developed in collaboration with UDAP.org, TDRAAP-Basic supports interoperability requirements within the Office of the National Coordinator's (ONC’s) Cures Act Final Rule and related CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule.

TDRAAP-Basic certification offers privacy and security self-attestation with targeted validation while the included UDAP technical framework certification demonstrates that an entity’s end-to-end API can be trusted by patients and other industry stakeholders. It is designed specifically for developers of consumer-facing apps, also referred to as a patient’s “App of their Choice,” as used in workflows mandated by ONC and CMS that include SMART app launch with individual sign-on. TDRAAP-Basic thus supports the use of individual queries for “one-patient-at-a-time FHIR data access” using the credentials issued by the healthcare system publishing the API for the Individual to access data.

Through EHNAC’s third-party summary review via Subject Matter Expert of the Self-Attestation materials, OneRecord was evaluated in areas of security, privacy, regulatory compliance and rights management. Upon completion of the Self-Attestation materials and evidence of passing the technical certification framework, the organization demonstrates to its constituents, that it adheres to standards and participation in the objective evaluation of its business.

“As organizations look to meet the requirements of the Cures Act, TDRAAP was established to support an organization’s continued focus on interoperability and privacy/security – which are foundational components for ONC, CMS, OCR and other agencies, as well as all organizations subject to handling sensitive data. TDRAAP-Basic supports interoperability with a specific focus on technical standards enabling trust and transparency for both organizational and individual access to data,” said EHNAC Executive Director and CEO Lee Barrett. “We commend OneRecord on attaining this important certification which will serve as a “good housekeeping seal” of proven readiness and trust to enter onto the interoperability digital exchange highway.” 

OneRecord supports industry stakeholders who are complying with the patient access requirements of the 21st Cures Act by providing the most easy-to-use application for patients to connect to their healthcare data. OneRecord’s user-centered design, security, and accessibility standards make it the clear choice for patients. 

“At OneRecord, we don’t believe anyone should have to trade privacy for access to information,” said Jennifer Blumenthal, CEO of OneRecord. “We’re excited to be the first to achieve EHNAC’s TDRAAP-Basic certification. This shows industry stakeholders that OneRecord can be part of any trusted network. Providers, Payers, and health IT developers can dynamically register OneRecord with authorization servers which eases the app onboarding process and focuses their efforts where they mean the most, patient care.”

TDRAAP-Basic demonstrates ability to use trusted digital certificates for endpoint identity, registration, authentication, and attribute discovery for electronic healthcare transactions in real-time.

Learn about OneRecord's enhanced understanding of the CMS Patient Access rules through its participation in the CARIN Consumer Directed Payer Data Exchange with Aetna, Cigna, Optum, Aetna, Humana, UPMC, and more.

OneRecord is on FHIR at the CARIN Connectathon for Payers

The CARIN Alliance hosted a two-day Connectathon focusing on advancing the CARIN Consumer Directed Payer Data Exchange (CARIN IG for Blue Button®) Implementation Guide to rapidly advance the ability for consumers and their authorized caregivers to easily get, use and share their digital health information when, where and how they want to achieve their goals.

OneRecord participated in the Connectathon’s hands-on testing with more than nine of the payer vendor server systems including Aetna, Cigna, Optum, Humana, UPMC, and more. Our testing included working directly with these vendors to troubleshoot their systems, helping to identify opportunities for bettering the interoperability between systems, and better understanding the intention behind the FHIR specifications that are being tested. 

OneRecord successfully authenticated against servers using the SMART on FHIR (OAuth) protocol and were then able to retrieve insurance EOB FHIR Bundles, both as summaries and as fully referenced datasets.

OneRecord’s participation in the CARIN Connectathon has enabled us to interact with MITRE and CMS to continue improving understanding of the CMS Patient Access rules.

Overall the CARIN Connectathon has given us the opportunity to strengthen our own implementation. We look forward to the developed relationships with several payers to continue testing past this Connectathon in support of enabling an interoperable payer/patient ecosystem.

The CARIN Alliance is a non-partisan, multi-sector alliance co-founded by David Blumenthal, David Brailer, Aneesh Chopra, and Mike Leavitt. The Alliance is led by distinguished risk-bearing providers, payers, consumers, pharmaceutical companies, consumer platform companies, health IT companies, and consumer-advocates who are working collaboratively with other stakeholders in government to overcome barriers in advancing consumer-directed exchange across the U.S.

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Learn about OneRecord's enhanced understanding of the CMS Patient Access rules through its participation in the CARIN Consumer Directed Payer Data Exchange with Aetna, Cigna, Optum, Humana, UPMC, and more.

Learn about OneRecord's enhanced understanding of the CMS patient Access rules through its participation in the CARIN Consumer Directed Payer Data Exchange and with Aetna, Cigna, Optum, Humana, UPMC, and more

Why you should always have a copy of our kid's health records available and ready.

3 Life Events When You NEED Your Child’s Health Records on Hand

You’re a parent who’s always prepared: you know which vegetables your child will eat and which they can’t stand, so you always have the right healthy snack around. You know which movies they’ll think are funny and which they’ll be too scared of, so you know what to recommend to the babysitter. You even know exactly where they left their backpack when they ran in the backdoor this afternoon (pro tip: it’s always on the floor right next to their shoes).

Another way you can be prepared? Have your child’s health records on hand. This is simple with OneRecord because you can store and access all of your family’s health information on the OneRecord website or mobile app. While it can be helpful to have your child’s health records accessible all the time, here are 3 life events when you need them on hand. 

School activities, traveling abroad, or summer camp

It’s likely that any group sport or activity will require you to submit some of your child’s health information. They will usually ask for immunization records to ensure that your child and the other children are protected from infectious diseases, many of which are easily contained by standard immunizations. This is the same for traveling abroad: certain diseases are more common in different parts of the world or your child could be bringing germs elsewhere, so you have to prove that your child has received the appropriate immunizations. For summer camp and other sleepaway activities, you must also have documentation of any allergies or medication information. It’s simple to share this information when you need to and even simpler when it’s consolidated and organized with tools like OneRecord. 

If you move cities, change insurance policies, require a specialist, or simply switch doctors, you’ll need to give your child’s health records to your new care provider. Since many health records are digital these days, you can usually have these records transferred between offices. However, you can streamline the process by having the records yourself. Without the hassle of requesting records from one doctor’s office and sending them to a different doctor’s office, you are making your family’s healthcare more efficient. Additionally, you are ensuring that your child is receiving the best possible care since you are providing your doctors with all of the information they need to make the best decision for your child’s care. 

You are the advocate for your child’s health. In an emergency, you must be able to tell healthcare providers any relevant information regarding your child’s health. Emergencies are stressful and overwhelming, so it’s important to be proactive in preparing for them. You can have all of your child’s health records ready when you need them with OneRecord. That way, in an emergency, you don’t have to scramble to find records of any past procedures or medication dosages. You also don’t have to burden yourself by trying to remember all of that information. You can simply get your phone or pull up the OneRecord website to easily find your child’s health records. OneRecord is there for you, so you can be there for your child’s health. 

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The company you work for requested your immunization or vaccine history.  Here's why they ask you for those records and what you need to provide.

Why Your Employer is Asking for Your Immunization History

What if an employer asks to see your immunization history? You may be thinking, what does this mean? Why is my employer asking for my immunization history? And, where do I find my immunization records? Don’t worry we’re here to explain why employers ask to see your immunization history.  Plus let you know how to access your medical records so you can share them quickly and easily with employers.

If you have children, you’re probably used to submitting your child’s immunization records to schools, camps, and other group activities. This, of course, is to ensure that your child and the other children are safe from common infectious diseases that are easily controlled by immunizations. 

Employers can ask for your immunization history as a term of employment. This is already common practice in healthcare fields, but it is becoming more prevalent in other workplaces, as well. In short, employers would request your immunization history in order to protect you and your coworkers. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) states that employers can require you to get a vaccine (a flu shot, for example), but you also must be given the relevant information describing how vaccines benefit both you and your workplace.  

Many immunizations are given to you as a child, so your old medical records can be a good place to start your search. Contacting past doctors to locate your immunization history is the best way to locate those records. You can also check in with your old school, university or past workplaces. Some states even have immunization registries called Immunization Information Systems (IIS) that include adult vaccines. If worse comes to worst, you can always go to the doctor and get bloodwork done to see if you have the antibodies against certain common diseases (this would mean that you’ve had the vaccine in the past). Also, you could simply get immunizations again! But it’s never fun to get a shot if you don’t need one, so definitely try to find those records first. 

How to Maintain Your Immunization Records

Once you’ve found your immunization history, hold on to it for the future. This way, you’ll have it for future employers or if you travel abroad. While it can be tricky to keep track of all of your medical records (immunization history included), there are lots of tools available that can help keep your health information organized, accessible, and up-to-date. OneRecord is one of these tools! OneRecord consolidates all of your medical information, making it accessible through the OneRecord website or app. Because it’s all digital, there’s no need for a bulky binder or multiple manila folders holding all of your medical records. Also, this conveniently allows all of your medical information to be portable. You’ll always have your records on hand when employers or other doctors need your information. OneRecord gives you autonomy over your medical information whenever you might need it.

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What is a longitudinal health record? We're here to explain.

What is a personal health record?

A longitudinal health record is an electronic medical record of patient health information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting.

Each visit to the doctor usually focuses on a single reason for the encounter. You may be undergoing an annual physical exam or may have an injury or illness that needs to be treated. Your doctor typically sees you for that particular reason, charts the visit notes, and then goes on to the next patient. Each visit creates a record. Each person has a lifetime of records, but historically medical records have been kept on paper and handwritten by your doctor – making them hard to access. 

Since 2009, doctors have adopted computer systems called Electronic Health Records Systems (EHRs) which create digital records that you can access through your doctors' patient portals and your OneRecord! There are over 3000 Electronic Health Records Systems (EHRs) and there are about 10 that dominate the market. That means that your medical records i.e. your data is living in all these different cloud environments with no single source of truth for you – the owner of the data.

 OneRecord puts you at the center of your health care by giving you access and ownership of your medical records and health information in one place by building your very own longitudinal health record directly from the data we pull via APIs from your doctor.

Your information stays with you and builds as you go through the health care system, instead of depositing information at every stop you make. OneRecord gives you control of your information – to better understand it, to share when you want to, and to empower you to make better choices on your own behalf. 

The term Personal Health Record can be ambiguous.  Here's a break down of what it really means.

What is a personal health record? Everything you need to know

Parents and guardians, here's a guide to improve your family's healthcare and home health organization.

5 Ways Dads Can Improve Their Family’s Healthcare

Alright Dads, huddle up. It’s time to talk about your family’s health. That’s the most important thing, right? The health and happiness of your family. 

You’re already an awesome Dad (we promise), but there are a lot of things that go into making your family’s healthcare the best that it can be: medical records, doctors’ appointments, insurance. The list can keep going, and it can feel overwhelming. Here are 5 steps you can take to ensure that your family’s healthcare is at the top of its game. 

Put Doctors’ Appointments on a Family Calendar

Whether it’s a Google calendar or a big dry erase board in the kitchen, every family should have a communal calendar to keep track of school events, playdates, piano recitals, vacations, you name it. After a doctor’s appointment, you’ll likely schedule the next one. Add this to the family calendar immediately, so you don’t forget. Not only is it embarrassing to miss a doctor’s appointment, but it can have a negative effect on your family member’s health. Regular appointments are important for keeping up with your or your family member’s health and can help prevent more serious ailments down the road. Catch that cavity before it catches up with you!

If the family calendar is hanging in the kitchen, right next to it should be a list of important contacts. Usually, parents have a list of emergency contacts for babysitters or caretakers already, but it’s essential for you, too. Highlight or circle the emergency contacts, but have the list all of your family’s doctors nearby. This can be especially handy if you need to reschedule Danny’s pediatrician appointment on the 6th. He has a baseball game that day! 

This can feel like a big task, especially if you have a large family. Find a 3 ring binder and divide it into different sections for each member of your family, putting the appropriate documents in each section. 

Not interested in a big binder cluttering up your house?

Fortunately, these days there are so many online tools available today that can help streamline this process. OneRecord can consolidate all of your family’s medical records and make them easily accessible on their website or on their mobile app. With OneRecord, your family’s medical records are portable and shareable when they need to be. 

Family healthcare involves a lot of paperwork, and many of these papers are related to insurance. From copays to prescription receipts to other documents from your health insurance provider, we know these papers can be a huge nuisance. Like medical records, you could keep these documents in physical folders, but that can be unwieldy and inconvenient. OneRecord can also keep track of these documents, making sure all of the documents involving your family’s healthcare are in one place. 

That’s right, Dad. One of the very best ways to optimize your family’s healthcare is to take care of yourself. You can only be there for your family if you are your best self, and being your best self means taking care of your own physical, mental, and emotional health. You are a role model for your family so teaching your children healthy habits starts with you. 

Parents and guardians listen up, here's a guide to improve your family's healthcare and home health organization.

Important deadlines surrounding the Cures Act interoperability rules.

Interoperability and Patient Access - Final Rule (CMS-9115-F) Deadlines

Important dates on the Cures Act Timeline related to Patient Access are approaching. With information from a number of regulatory bodies, it is often challenging to keep all of the dates organized. 

The Cures Act may have been historic in multiple ways, but one of the most relevant for our discussion here was that both CMS and the ONC published their final rules on the same date AND that date was the first of a month - May 1st, 2020. This has rarely happened in healthcare regulation land. 

These two important facts make it slightly easier for those of us who had been following the legislation to remember and calculate dates. Many people were a bit excited about that. Well, maybe not many people, but the true healthIT geeks were really over the moon. 

But then the COVID-19 pandemic was declared and both agencies issued modifications to the timeline as a result of the pandemic. This time, we weren’t so fortunate when it came to keeping things in sync. 

The ONC and CMS took different approaches to the timeline adjustments.

The ONC issued an ‘Enforcement Discretion’ to their timelines. Many of the compliance dates were given a three-month enforcement discretion window. The ONC was clear to differentiate this from a timeline extension or timeline change. The expectation was clear that the original timeline was still the desired timeframe for compliance, but the enforcement discretion window could allow for a grace period if needed. 

CMS delayed the compliance on the regulation that required a Patient Access API and Provider Directory API by six months. CMS also delayed the compliance for the ADT Notifications by one year.

With multiple regulatory bodies, multiple regulated entities, multiple individual regulations, multiple compliance dates, and multiple timeline changes, the information becomes hard to manage. A comprehensive timeline seems to be the only way to keep track of the information.

At OneRecord, our specialty is making the complexity of healthcare easy for consumers. We put those skills to use here as well and created a unified timeline for the regulatory dates related to the Patient Access portion of the Cures Act. We hope you find this information helpful

Cures Act Timeline.pdf

Interoperability and Patient Access - Final Rule (CMS-9115-F): Getting the Dates Straight

Important deadlines surrounding the Cures Act interoperability rules finally made understandable. Get clarity on the patient access rules and how they impact you!

Interoperability and Patient Access - Final Rule Deadlines

Important deadlines surrounding the Cures Act interoperability rules finally made understandable.