Healthcare IT Today July 20, 2021
John Lynn

Do patients want to manage their own health info?

This is a really big and complicated question. Mostly because there are 7 billion patients in the world that all have different needs and desires. That said, there are some important generalities we’ve learned over the years when it comes to patients and their info.

Before I dive into the details and nuances, let’s start by saying that patients have the right to their health data and they should be given access to their health data. Whether they will use that right or not is a separate question. There are enough that do want proactive access to their health data and they should be able to access it. Gatekeepers aren’t a...

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