Apple, Amazon, Alphabet subsidiary Google, Anthropic (backed by Amazon), and OpenAI (backed by Microsoft) are among the companies that have committed to supporting the Trump administration’s plan to modernize U.S. healthcare through enhanced digital access and data sharing, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking bold steps to modernize the nation’s digital health ecosystem with a focus on empowering Medicare beneficiaries through greater access to innovative health technologies
America’s healthcare system is plagued by complexity, high costs, and fragmentation—placing strain on patients, providers, and our national budget. Outdated infrastructure and disconnected data have made it harder — not easier — to get quality care and achieve positive long-term outcomes. Without competitive pressure, the system fails to reward the best ideas leveraging modern technology.
“For decades, bureaucrats and entrenched interests buried health data and blocked patients from taking control of their health,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in a statement “That ends today. We’re tearing down digital walls, returning power to patients, and rebuilding a health system that serves the people. This is how we begin to Make America Healthy Again.”
“We have the tools and information available now to empower patients to improve their outcomes and their healthcare experience,” said CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz in a statement. “For too long, patients in this country have been burdened with a healthcare system that has not kept pace with the disruptive innovations that have transformed nearly every other sector of our economy. With the commitments made by these entrepreneurial companies today, we stand ready for a paradigm shift in the U.S. healthcare system for the benefit of patients and providers.”
The initiative advances a CMS Interoperability Framework, incorporating tools such as artificial intelligence assistants, digital check-ins, and chronic disease management apps, the agency stated.
Twenty-one networks pledged to meet CMS interoperability standards, eleven health systems and seven electronic health record (EHR) providers committed to supporting the plan, and thirty 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.
Over sixty companies have committed to delivering results by early 2026, with new applications expected to aid in diabetes and obesity management, provide AI-powered assistance for scheduling and symptom assessment, and replace paper intake forms with digital check-in processes, according to CMS.
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