Fierce Healthcare February 15, 2019
HIT Coordinator Donald Rucker, M.D., says it’s long overdue for the healthcare industry to move into the smartphone economy and provide patients easy access to their health data.
One message was loud and clear from federal healthcare officials in Orlando, Florida, this week at the largest gathering of health IT experts: Patient data belongs to patients.
Officials put industry stakeholders on notice over efforts to block patients’ access to their data. The Department of Health and Human Services made public several proposed rules aimed at increasing consumer access to their health data, but whether these regulations lead to the long-held goal of industrywide interoperability will take years to determine.
“It’s long overdue for the healthcare industry to be a...
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