Healthcare Finance News April 30, 2020
The rules move the healthcare system from an environment built by providers and payers to one in which patients are in control, Rucker says.
The goal of the interoperability rules is to move the healthcare system from an environment built by providers and payers to one in which patients are in control, according to Dr. Don Rucker, head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, during a HIMSS20 Digital session Thursday with HIMSS CEO and President Hal Wolf.
“What the goal really is, is to give patients electric modern software control of their medical care, of their chart and of their information,” said Rucker to the more than 500 listeners on the call. “To use a nerd...
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