Information Blocking: Leading the World in Patient Access: Two Insights Post Data Liberation Day

October 6, 2022, marked the formal enforcement and compliance deadline for the United States health care industry to provide patients with access to their electronic health information (EHI). Also coined “health data liberation day,” the celebration was an important milestone in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s information blocking and interoperability roadmap. Patients are now officially empowered to demand online access to their health records. And all stakeholders, from providers to payers, are obliged to honor patient requests for EHI, with expected enforcement at the end of 2023.