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Patient Safety Awareness Week: AI and the Power of Collaboration

By the EHR Association Patient Safety Workgroup

As the 2026 Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 8-14) theme, Team Up for Patient Safety, reminds us, advancing safety requires teamwork—and today, that team includes AI.

For EHR and other health IT developers, AI represents a powerful opportunity to strengthen the safety net that clinicians rely on every day. When thoughtfully designed, AI can help detect risks earlier, reduce manual errors, and transform safety event data into actionable insights. But the real impact comes from collaboration. AI is most effective when paired with human expertise, transparent design, and strong governance. By building AI tools that support clinical judgment rather than replace it, vendors can help create safer, more resilient care environments.

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by EHR Association on March 9, 2026  •  Permalink
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Posted by EHR Association on March 9, 2026

https://ehrablog.org/2026/03/09/patient-safety-awareness-week-ai-and-the-power-of-collaboration/

Electronic Health Record Association Announces its 2026 Leadership Team and Priorities

CHICAGO – January 16, 2026 – The HIMSS Electronic Health Record (EHR) Association announced today the results of its annual leadership elections for terms that began Jan. 1, 2026. Leigh Burchell, Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs at Altera Digital Health, will continue as Chair, and Stephanie Jamison, Senior Director of Regulatory and Government Affairs at Greenway Health, continues as Vice Chair.

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by EHR Association on January 16, 2026  •  Permalink
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Posted by EHR Association on January 16, 2026

https://ehrablog.org/2026/01/16/electronic-health-record-association-announces-its-2026-leadership-team-and-priorities/

EHR Association Statement on the AI Action Plan

The EHR Association shares the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” which was released yesterday (July 23, 2025) by the White House. 

“The EHR Association commends the administration for its commitment to advancing safe, effective, and innovative AI. As we evaluate the implications of the AI Action Plan for our member companies, their healthcare provider clients, and, most importantly, patients, we reiterate our call for a uniform, risk-based regulatory model at the federal level. Fragmented state mandates risk slowing innovation and complicating compliance, which could deter innovation and adoption. We look forward to collaborating with regulatory agencies and impacted stakeholders to determine the best path forward in achieving the goals of the AI Action Plan.”

– Leigh Burchell of Altera Digital Health, Chair of the EHR Association

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by EHR Association on July 24, 2025  •  Permalink
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Posted by EHR Association on July 24, 2025

https://ehrablog.org/2025/07/24/ehr-association-statement-on-the-ai-action-plan/

HIPAA Security Rule Part One: Proposed Overhaul Closes Some Gaps, Opens Others

By the EHR Association Privacy & Security Workgroup

This three-part blog series shares the EHR Association’s stance on OCR’s proposed changes to the HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information. Part one is focused on our overarching concerns and issues with proposed definitions.

Proposed changes to the existing HIPAA Security Rule, released as HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information, include some long-overdue updates. However, the resources and costs required by healthcare provider organizations, health IT developers, and other regulated entities to comply with the sweeping changes will be too great for many to bear.

That was one of several important messages we shared with the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in our comment letter on the proposed rule. 

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by EHR Association on April 28, 2025  •  Permalink
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Posted by EHR Association on April 28, 2025

https://ehrablog.org/2025/04/28/hipaa-security-rule-part-one-proposed-overhaul-closes-some-gaps-opens-others/

Core Issues for Federal AI Regulations

By Tina Joros, JD (Veradigm), Chair, and Stephen Speicher, MD, MS (Flatiron Health), Vice Chair, EHR Association AI Task Force

The regulatory landscape for AI is on the cusp of dramatic change. As we await the release of the AI Action Plan called for in the January 2025 Removing Barriers to American AI Innovation Executive Order and as federal agencies review their existing AI policies, we have seen an influx of proposed laws at the state level to address concerns about the use of AI in healthcare technology. This increase in state-level activity may lead to regulatory fragmentation that makes it more complex for EHR vendors and health systems to build and support AI tools designed to help advance patient care.

This increased focus on AI is highly relevant to EHR Association members who continue to deploy software capabilities that comply with EHR certification program transparency requirements for the use of Decision Support Interventions (DSI) involving AI and machine learning (ML) capabilities. Most of our member companies are also developing, piloting, or have already deployed generative AI solutions that can be leveraged to resolve many challenges confronting the healthcare industry.

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by EHR Association on April 7, 2025  •  Permalink
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Posted by EHR Association on April 7, 2025

https://ehrablog.org/2025/04/07/core-issues-for-federal-ai-regulations/

Finding the Right Balance: Smart Deregulation in Health IT

by Leigh Burchell (Altera Digital Health), Chair, EHR Association Executive Committee

The current administration has made deregulation a central policy priority, aiming to reduce burden and costs in as many sectors of the economy as possible, including health care. This is exemplified by the January 2025 Executive Order 14192: Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation, which requires federal agencies to eliminate ten regulations for each new one introduced. 

As the trade association for health IT developers, we believe that smart deregulation should focus on removing outdated, redundant, and low-value requirements with ASTP/ONC and CMS playing a role more focused on driving improvements in standardized interoperability and health data exchange. Health IT regulation should support—not hinder—the industry’s collective ability to deliver safe, effective, and innovative technology solutions, without compromising the progress made or devaluing the investments in health IT over the last fifteen years. As always, we remain committed to working alongside federal agencies within the construct of a regulatory environment that benefits providers, developers, and—most importantly—patients.

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by EHR Association on March 13, 2025  •  Permalink
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Posted by EHR Association on March 13, 2025

https://ehrablog.org/2025/03/13/finding-the-right-balance-smart-deregulation-in-health-it/

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