A Pledge to Develop Patient-Centric Healthcare Ecosystem

Leading Healthcare, Tech Companies Pledge to Work on Interoperability & User-Friendly Apps

The Trump Administration announced progress toward a smarter, more secure, and personalized healthcare system in collaboration with major companies like Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google, and OpenAI. At a White House event on July 30th, with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), these firms committed to developing a next-generation digital health ecosystem aimed at improving patient outcomes, reducing provider burden, and enhancing value.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stated, “We’re tearing down digital walls, returning power to patients, and rebuilding a health system that serves the people.”

CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz added, “With these commitments, we are ready for a paradigm shift in the U.S. healthcare system for the benefit of patients and providers.”

• The Administration focuses on promoting a CMS Interoperability Framework for seamless information sharing between patients and providers.

• Increasing personalized tools for patients to make informed health decisions.

“The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) supports actions that improve the timeliness in providing individuals with access to their electronic protected health information, without sacrificing health information privacy and security,” said OCR Director Paula M. Stannard. “If an individual receives another individual’s electronic protected health information in error, generally, OCR’s primary HIPAA enforcement interests are ensuring that the affected individual and HHS receive timely HIPAA breach notification.” 

• CMS introduced voluntary criteria for trusted, patient-centered data exchange.

• Criteria accessible to all network types, including:

  • Health information networks

  • Exchanges

  • EHRs

  • Tech platforms

• Over 60 companies pledged to deliver results by Q1 2026.

• 21 networks committed to meeting the CMS Interoperability Framework to become CMS Aligned Networks.

• 11 health systems or providers agreed to support patient use.

• Seven EHRs pledged to facilitate data exchange to help eliminate the need for manual data entry.

In addition, 30 companies pledged to promote real health outcomes with technology over the coming months. The new tools will use secure digital identity credentials to obtain medical records from CMS Aligned Networks that meet the CMS data sharing criteria. The apps will assist in the delivery of key services to beneficiaries including: 

• Diabetes and obesity management;

• The use of conversational AI assistants to help patients check symptoms, navigate care options, and schedule appointments, among other tasks; and

• Tools to “kill the clipboard” by replacing paper intake forms with seamless digital check-in methods; and more.

A full list of companies who have currently pledged their support for CMS’ Health Tech Ecosystem initiative can be found here.

For the latest information on CMS’ Health Tech Ecosystem initiative visit here.