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Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability. The FDA is interested in the platform as well, for post-market surveillance applications. Comments […] article in more detail was originally published. Comments Comments.
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