Official CMS resources
CMS Ecosystem Overview
The official description of the Health Technology Ecosystem initiative.
CMS Ecosystem Categories
The categories of organizations and solutions participating in it.
What the ecosystem emphasizes
Patient-directed access
More useful ways for people and caregivers to access and use health information through
modern apps, services, and data-sharing workflows.
Standards-based interoperability
Secure, standards-based exchange so apps, EHRs, providers, and networks connect using
shared approaches instead of one-off integrations.
Real-world utility
Tools that create immediate value for users rather than abstract interoperability for its
own sake.
Categories of work
CMS organizes the ecosystem into categories that show the types of solutions and participants that can contribute to a more connected digital health environment. These help developers understand where their work fits and what kind of user-facing value CMS is encouraging.Patient-facing apps
Applications that help people and caregivers access, understand, and use health
information, including navigation, data sharing, chronic-condition support, and
administrative simplification.
Providers and health systems
Organizations that consume, exchange, and act on interoperable data to improve care
coordination and reduce operational friction.
EHRs, payers, and data networks
Infrastructure participants that make data available and create the connectivity layer
needed for trusted exchange across systems.
Friends of the ecosystem
Organizations that accelerate adoption, implementation, trust, and reach, even if they are
not the primary system of record.
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Kill the Clipboard
The patient-facing app use case the haau3 app implements.