“… Two years after the agency began devoting itself first and foremost to interoperability and usability, and nearly two months since ONC and CMS unveiled landmark proposed rules establishing the interoperability provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act – the public comment period for which closes a month from today, on May 3 – Rucker says he’s bullish on what can be achieved by putting the healthcare consumer at the center of the equation.”
“By encouraging development and standardization of APIs such as FHIR for certified health IT, and enacting robust rules to ensure patients have easy access to their data whenever and however they want it, ONC can go a long way toward enabling a much more vivid ecosystem of data sharing across the private-sector, he said.”
“Rucker spoke with us about the new proposed rules, and offered his perspective on interoperability’s progress and future prospects…” Read the full article here.
Source: ONC chief Don Rucker on the current state and ‘next frontier’ of interoperability – By Mike Miliard. April 3, 2019. Healthcare IT News.
