The Trump administration’s initiative to boost health data sharing could be a boon for interoperability, but the plan so far lacks detail — and challenges like data security, under-resourced providers and slow technology uptake could be barriers to success, experts say.
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The plan likely won’t hurt interoperability, and getting the CMS involved — the nation’s largest payer that processes more than one billion Medicare claims annually — could facilitate data sharing and accessibility, said Alex Nisenbaum, partner at law firm Blank Rome.
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The “million-dollar question” is how the initiative will work in practice, Nisenbaum said.
One possibility is the data sharing pledge could build upon and enhance the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, a governance framework for health data exchange that went live at the end of 2023, he said.
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"White House Data Sharing Plan Boasts Big Ambitions, but Has Scant Details," by Emily Olsen was published in Healthcare Dive on August 21, 2025.
