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Donald Rucker @donrucker

Combining medical informatics, life science, microeconomics and information theory to advance the practice of medicine...

Joined October 2012
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#QualCon25 @DrOzCMS - the brilliant Chris Klomp @1klomp exploring 72 hour payment to Medicare providers for truly immediately releasing full medical record digitallyđź‘Ź Get the data - all the EHI out of the EMR via modern usable APIs and not faux interoperability such as #TEFCA IAS. Follow @JoshCMandel for ongoing details here.
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And for some fun with the irrepressible @katmcdavitt and the extraordinary @lisabari - a joint interview with @Jonathan_Bush on the Healthtech Talk Show. linkedin.com/posts/health-te…

Change of plans, y'all! While Kat McDavitt and Lisa Bari will continue to assume their personalit...

Change of plans, y'all! While Kat McDavitt and Lisa Bari will continue to assume their personalities as fake media professionals, we have a guest line-up change. Micky Tripathi now has a schedule...

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The big picture on prior authorization - reasoning by analogy: Plate tectonics and the new CMS prior authorization rule | chiefhealthcareexecutive.com… via @chiefhealthcareexecutive

Plate tectonics and the new CMS prior authorization rule | Viewpoint | Chief Healthcare Executive

The rule is designed to bring more effective, more informed, and more transparent care, but much more must be done to redesign the nation's healthcare system.

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Had the pleasure of doing a thought provoking interview with Kyle Murphy of Healthcare Strategies on an API First Healthcare Economy might look like and where we are today while at @HIMSS - youtu.be/ez1DJfBbubw?si=RL6v… via @YouTube
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How market forces, regulations have worked against interoperability healthdatamanagement.com/art…

How market forces, regulations have worked against interoperability - Health Data Management

The evolution of healthcare reimbursement and competitive market forces have stalled healthcare data exchange. But positive changes are in the wind.

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##TEFCA and the digital economy - thinking in specifics about what we need to truly improve #health (and no surprise some competition would help not hurt) @ONC_HealthIT healthleadersmedia.com/techn…

Opinion: Will TEFCA Rule-Making Stop Patient Digital Access?

Former ONC Chief Donald Rucker questions whether federal regulations around interoperability and information blocking are doing more harm than good.

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6.20 for you to comment on @ONC_HealthIT #ONCHTI1. Should #TEFCA get IB exception for 1990s IHE. Should @CDCgov use std APIs or one-offs in every EHR? Should providers have to report competitor AI / API use to their EHR? Some thoughts: healthcareittoday.com/2023/0…

The Tension in TEFCA

The following is a guest article by Don Rucker, MD, Chief Strategy Officer at 1upHealth Patients want the same modern computing experience in healthcare that

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Healthcare price transparency is central to patient control of our bodies - just as with modern #FHIR APIs. Great to see @fatjoe @rickross305 @FrencHMonTanA @BustaRhymes supporting price transparency @PowertoPatnts in DC last night.
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Hoping to see everyone Feb 23-24 at Health Datapalooza via @academyhealth shar.es/afyjYD @rickysahu and I are doing a brand new format Unconference session at HDP on Friday the 24th FHIR: What it is and why are folks talking about. Inviting folks to join in on FHIR!!!
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Thinking about value and quality with our colleagues @AHIMAResources. journal.ahima.org/page/lever…

Leveraging Healthcare Quality and Value in an Information Economy

High-value performance is hard to find in the US healthcare system. This is well-known. What is not clear is how to improve our performance. Logic suggests that measurement of current performance...

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Intrigued by using FHIR to rethink healthcare analytics? Check out my conversation with @rickysahu founder of #1upHealth discussing FHIR at scale. youtu.be/ovFu0qtGFtk

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Thinking about "big data" in healthcare made available by HL7 Bulk FHIR API standard in the @ONC_HealthIT Interop Rule. Nice interview healthleadersmedia.com/techn… by @scottmace. Kudos to @mandl and @gotdan and team for all of their work over the years.

Bulk FHIR Will Change What Payers Expect From Providers

Former ONC chief Don Rucker and HL7 are championing a new form of healthcare IT interoperability.

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Don's next adventure >> Joining @1up_Health to help advance #FHIR with scalable server-less FHIR platform tools that will make clinical data not just interoperable but truly computable for the coming wave of value informed by modern data science. 1up.health/blog/post/11-10-2…

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Inspiring journey by @Policy2Progress Elise Anthony who led writing of 21st Century Cures Act ONC Interop Rule while... Care Coordinated Journey: Breast Cancer & Technology-Enabled Care healthit.gov/buzz-blog/healt…
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If you want more ideas on the what interoperability will bring...many thanks to @garybisbeeshow and @think_medium. Always great brainstorming with Gary! thinkmedium.com/the-gary-bis…
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Reflecting on four wonderful years with the ONC team and thoughts on the digital future at Healthcare Dive courtesy @RebeccaMPifer: healthcaredive.com/news/don-…

Don Rucker reflects on highs and lows of tenure as ONC head and the future of health IT

In this exit interview, Rucker, who has been national coordinator since 2017, looked back on his time at the agency and predicted what industry might expect from the Biden administration.

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Congrats to @mickytripathi1 on leading @ONC_HealthIT. Your rich experiences in HIT will be invaluable as you start your journey to advance US and global healthcare with actionable computing. My very best wishes.
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Thanking @ONC_HealthIT & all ONC stakeholders for working to make records/data truly actionable for patients, providers and payers over the last 4 yrs. Looking forward to HIEs leading the way with COVID vaccination data/SDOH. More to come fueling value automatically w/o burden.
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Appreciate the great work of each of the NC's moving interoperability and the standards that make it possible forward!! Jointly we will get patients the power to control their health care. @ONC_HealthIT @CMSGov @SeemaCMS
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The last 6 National Coordinators for Health IT agree on one thing with respect to the just-released interoperability rules from @ONC_HealthIT and @CMSGov THANK YOU @donrucker @SeemaCMS aledade.com/former-national-…
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The @ONC_HealthIT Cures Act Final Rule is OUT! Thank you to everyone who provided input during the comment period. This is transformational for healthcare in the US. Info sessions to come. ONC rule: healthit.gov/curesrule/ CMS rule: cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guid… #CuresRuleONC

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