CMS, ONC officials hit HIMSS to tout interoperability rules

Modern Healthcare: A day after releasing two significant proposed regulations, leaders from the CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology spread out across HIMSS19 in Orlando to talk up what they say will finally put patients in the driver's seat.

"We had two big goals. One transcendent goal was to empower patients to control their healthcare," Dr. Donald Rucker, head of ONC, said during a media briefing Tuesday, adding that modern technology, including the near-ubiquitous use of smartphones and apps, allows patients to take more control of their care by virtue of gaining more access to their data.

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