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The Trump administration announced an initiative Wednesday that aims to boost health data sharing through partnerships with major healthcare and technology firms, including Amazon, Google, UnitedHealth and Epic.

The Health Tech Ecosystem focuses on two areas: encouraging adoption of a voluntary blueprint for data sharing called CMS Interoperability Framework and increasing the availability of digital health tools, like products for chronic disease management and care navigation, the CMS said in a press release.

More than 60 companies — including technology firms, providers, insurers and health data sharing networks — have pledged to participate in the initiative. The partnership aims to “deliver results for the American people” in the first quarter next year, the CMS said.

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