Fierce Health Payers March 11, 2020
Heather Landi

An investment firm expects digital health, telehealth, and Internet of Things (IoT) companies to benefit greatly from new data-sharing regulations.

New federal rules around data-sharing aim to give patients unprecedented access to their healthcare information much the way they already manage their finances or travel information.

A rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) will require patients are able to access their health information and share it with third-party apps.

“A core part of the rule is patients’ control of their electronic health information which will drive a growing patient-facing healthcare IT economy, and allow apps to provide patient-specific price and product transparency,” said Donald Rucker, M.D., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, during...

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Topics: Digital Health, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Insurance, IoT (Internet of Things), ONC, Provider, Regulations, Technology, Telehealth
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