The Health Information and Management Systems Society Electronic Health Record Association announced that it has released a code of conduct for electronic health record developers.
The association published the code of conduct in an effort to help establish a set of industry principles that aims at improving care and promoting collaboration among vendors.
The code of conduct focuses on a number of topics, including patient safety, interoperability and data portability, patient engagement, clinical and billing documentation and general business practices.
The HIMSS EHRA is a trade association that includes more than 40 EHR software vendors.
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