Modern Healthcare June 9, 2020
Jessica Kim Cohen

Apps will catch on as a dominant way patients seek access to their medical data, since—unlike existing technology—they’re designed with patients in mind, the Trump administration’s top health IT official said Tuesday, reaffirming a vision behind recent interoperability and information-blocking regulations.

The rules from CMS and HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, released in March, will require healthcare providers and insurers to adopt technologies that will let patients download their medical data onto mobile apps.

“We have almost everything on our smartphones—banking, sports, travel,” ONC chief Dr. Donald Rucker said during a two-day virtual summit hosted by DirectTrust. “I mean, are there any airlines where you can’t log on and book flights?”

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