CMS, tech groups to develop patient-friendly digital health system
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to create a “digital health ecosystem” that includes partnerships with health care organizations and technology companies, including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google and OpenAI. The initiative includes an interoperability framework that will aim to make health information easier to share between providers and patients. During a White House event, the agency announced voluntary criteria for data exchange to make data more accessible for health information networks and exchanges, electronic medical records and technology platforms. More than , including networks, payers, providers and app vendors signed pledges for the interoperability framework and agreed to meet certain criteria in the first quarter of 2026. (CMS , 7/30/25)