Healthcare IT News August 29, 2019
Mike Miliard

Healthcare information is being more widely shared than ever, but how can that be balanced with the need for robust privacy protections? At Health 2.0, two experts will frame the issue.

The healthcare industry – and that means everyone: vendors, providers, payers, policymakers, patients – finds itself at an interesting crossroads these days when it comes to data sharing.

First, there’s more imperative to share healthcare information than ever. Federal health IT policy has made wider interoperability its highest goal, and prioritized consumer-mediated exchange, via mobile devices and APIs, as one of the key means of achieving it.

On the other hand, there’s also increasing awareness and appetite on the part of consumers for more stringent privacy protections. Especially as...

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