ONC’s Rucker: ‘There will be market transformation’

From banking to travel to taxi rides, mobile technology has transformed the world economy. It’s healthcare’s turn, according to National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Dr. Donald Rucker.

Ensuring that the smartphone and application programing interfaces—APIs—become ingrained in the industry was central to proposed regulations the CMS and ONC put out earlier this week, Rucker said during a closing keynote at HIMSS19.

Speaking with HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf, Rucker said the federal agencies had two straightforward goals: open up data to empower patients and other providers to explore new ways of delivering care; and put the “kibosh” on data-blocking.

“There will be market transformation,” Rucker contended, pointing to Uber, Lyft and remote banking as examples of how...