VentureBeat July 1, 2021
The beginning of July marked the launch of an ambitious U.S. experiment to drive digital transformation across healthcare through open APIs. Proponents believe this could unlock opportunities for new digital health services and applications.
This first major step promises to open medical data for patients through APIs, making it easy to search through the system and improve coordination across primary care providers, medical specialists, and insurance organizations.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wields a big stick as it drives this effort. The department is threatening to cut off payments for non-compliance. CMS manages all federal insurance payments to healthcare providers across the U.S.
Plans have been underway for almost a decade to bring healthcare into the...
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