Mayo Clinic’s John Halamka Answers Tough Questions About data privacy, Google, and Epic

HealthLeaders Media January 13, 2020
Mandy Roth

Reimbursement is also among the topics the innovation leader addresses.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– “Privacy is critical,” says Mayo Clinic Platform President John Halamka. “We must protect the patient data and respect patient’s privacy preferences.”

– The information blocking and interoperability rules proposed by the government last year circumvent obstacles to innovation created by EHR vendors, Halamka says.

With the launch of the Mayo Clinic Platform last year, the Rochester, Minnesota, healthcare system has grand plans for innovation, including a partnership with Google. Yet to achieve potential cost, quality, and patient experience benefits, other issues also have to be addressed.

With the recent Project Nightingale debacle involving Google, the spotlight on data privacy is shining more brightly than ever. And there...

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