Question: What do I need to know about the MyHealthEData initiative recently announced by the Trump Administration? South Carolina Subscriber Answer: Technology eases many aspects of the documentation, billing, and prescriptions necessary in our healthcare system. President Trump's Administration seems to believe that the information flow between providers and patients is hampered by current regulations. The new MyHealthEData initiative is one Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) effort to deregulate that flow. CMS announced that it plans to overhaul the current Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, which is currently tied to Medicare reimbursement and designed to improve patient's access to their personal health information. The overhaul will refocus the programs "on interoperability and to reduce the time and cost required of providers to comply with the programs' requirements," according to a CMS press release. Here's some important information, CMS Administrator Seema Verma's announcement at HIMSS. Initiatives outlined in the fact sheet aim to: Resource: To read the new CMS guidance on interoperability initiatives in greater detail, visit the CMS fact sheet at www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2018-Fact-sheets-items/2018-03-06.html.