Fed Regist. 2014 Jun 12;79(113):33681-3.
We are amending our regulations to state that we will obtain evidence from any appropriate source. Our current regulations provide that we will obtain information from "special arrangement sources'' for those infrequent situations when we are in a better position than our State agency partners to obtain evidence. Due to improved evidence collection through our increased use of health information technology (health IT), we are obtaining evidence electronically with increasing frequency. We expect that, over time, the electronic exchange of medical records will become our primary means for obtaining medical evidence. As we increase our use of health IT, the designation of "special arrangement sources'' will no longer adequately describe from whom we collect evidence.
我们正在修订我们的规定，以表明我们将从任何适当来源获取证据。我们现行规定指出，在某些不常见的情况下，当我们比州机构合作伙伴更有条件获取证据时，我们将从“特殊安排来源”获取信息。由于通过更多地使用健康信息技术（health IT）改进了证据收集工作，我们越来越频繁地以电子方式获取证据。我们预计，随着时间的推移，电子病历交换将成为我们获取医疗证据的主要方式。随着我们更多地使用健康信息技术，“特殊安排来源”这一指定将不再足以描述我们从哪些方面收集证据。
