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Medicaid and CHIP data are the latest to be released as CMS works to get the information in the hands of patients, health care providers and researchers in pursuit of new solutions.

The Data at the Point of Care pilot is part of the MyHealthEData initiative that launched Blue Button 2.0.

CMS is setting up its “sandbox” for capturing claims data and making it useful to providers. It should be ready by mid-November.

The group made the announcement at the Blue Button 2.0 developers conference at the White House on Monday.

The goal is to tackle some of the root challenges the widespread adoption of electronic health records. In this case, it’s about making things easier for the doctors.

Since the launch of Blue Button 2.0, Seema Verma explained, CMS has seen more than 600 developers “that are starting to look at our data” to build on top of the platform.

The report advises CMS to set up more processes and procedures for security.

It’s an update to the original Blue Button built by CMS and the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2010.

The agency also curbed “shadow IT” to promote more robust apps, said CIO Rajiv Uppal.

Within 24 hours of visiting a VA facility, veterans will be able to access their updated health information in the Apple Health app, according to the VA’s plans.