HealthExec September 3, 2019
Amy Baxter

As the Trump administration pushes forth plans to make electronic health records accessible through apps, medical organizations are pushing back, citing privacy concerns, according to The New York Times.

The opposition comes from several organizations and industry groups, including the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which have warned that requiring patient records to be accessible via data-sharing apps could open up “serious data abuses,” the NY Times reported.

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