Healthcare IT News March 6, 2018
Susan Morse

The government-wide MyHealthEData initiative is led by the White House Office of American Innovation.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma speaking at HIMSS18 on Tuesday.

LAS VEGAS – Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, with help from Jared Kushner, director of The White House Office of American Innovation, on Tuesday announced several new initiatives for interoperability. For data to flow freely, she said there would an overhaul of meaningful use, and the full ballroom at HIMSS18 broke into applause.

“We’re changing to a new era of empowered consumers. We are about putting patients first and making sure patients have access to their healthcare data. You’re hearing that from the White House too,” Verma said...

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