A key priority of ONC is interoperability and…. “Part of that effort requires policymakers to figure out exactly what interfaces and tools will promote engagement and allow patients to easily bring their data…”
“…government hasn’t ‘quite gotten what we paid for’ when it comes to EHR’s…. health IT has not yet empowered patients, lowered healthcare costs or improved interoperability…”
“Rucker advocated for leveraging ‘extraordinary computational tools’…”
Source: To get value out of health IT, ONC’s Donald Rucker turns the focus to patients, population health – By Evan Sweeney, November 30, 2017, FierceHealthcare. Read the full article here.




