Becker's Healthcare July 31, 2019
Jackie Drees

CMS Administrator Seema Verma spoke about the limitations EHRs present to patient data interoperability during a July 30 speech she made at the White House Blue Button Developers Conference.

Ms. Verma highlighted the launch of CMS’ new pilot the Data at the Point of Care program, which is part of the MyHealthEData Administration-wide initiative spearheaded by the White House’s Office of American Innovation. The pilot program is based on an industry-standard application programming interface that allows providers to access patients’ claims data, such as diagnoses, past procedures and medication lists.

“Currently, the lack of patient access to price and quality information — and their [EHR] data—is a lost opportunity to keep our nation healthier and to drive down costs,” Ms....

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Topics: CMS, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), HITECH, Insurance, Physician, Provider, Technology
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