“The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday held its first White House hackathon. The topic: Blue Button 2.0.”
“Ahead of the event, I spoke with two technologists, one from CMS and one from the United States Digital Service (which worked with the agency to develop the Blue Button API). “
“Mark Scrimshire is CMS Blue Button Innovator and a developer evangelist. Kelly Taylor is a product manager at the United States Digital Service. They discussed the momentum that CMS has picked up recently in the developer sandbox, the ideal example of what Verily is doing with the API and what they hope other developers do with the tools moving forward.”
“Q: The White House hackathon is about Blue Button 2.0 – where is Blue Button now?
Scrimshire: When (CMS Administrator) Seema Verma announced the sandbox at HIMSS18 we thought we’d get 20-30 people, but we came away with more than 200 developers registered – and it’s still growing.”
“Q: What are some of the most successful apps using the API today?
Taylor: The research projects so far – Google…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS, USDS innovators on the future of Blue Button 2.0 – By Tom Sullivan, August 14, 2018. Healthcare IT News.
