mHealth Intelligence December 17, 2018
A new bill introduced last week would compel the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publicize and support an mHealth platform enabling consumers to more easily access their personal health data.
Congress is looking to compel the federal government to expand the mHealth platform through which consumers on Medicare and Medicaid can access and use their personal health data.
U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.) and Yvette Clark (D-NY) last week filed the Mobile Health Record Act of 2018 (HR 7272), which would compel the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to boost promotion of the Blue Button 2.0 mobile health platform to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and develop more mHealth apps.
Blue Button 2.0, which uses the HL7...