Rucker spoke with Modern Healthcare information technology reporter Rachel Z. Arndt about how the ONC is responding to the 21st Century Cures Act and about giving patients more control over their health data. meta propertyDr. Donald Rucker heads the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. He previously was an adjunct professor at Ohio State University’s College of Medicine in the biomedical informatics department and, before that, chief medical officer for Siemens. Rucker joined the ONC a few months after passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, a far-reaching piece of legislation that calls for greater interoperability and less information-blocking. Rucker spoke with Modern Healthcare information technology reporter Rachel Z. Arndt about how the ONC is responding to the act and about giving patients more control over their health data.

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