STAT March 9, 2020
President Trump’s top health care aides on Monday said they will finalize federal rules requiring health providers and insurers to make health records available to patients in an easily accessible electronic format, a policy shift aimed at fueling broader efforts to use patient data to develop new software tools and services.
In a press briefing, Trump’s aides essentially doubled down on policies they first announced last March, saying they will press forward with the rules despite warnings from electronic health record companies and some hospitals that they could compromise the privacy of patient information.
The administration did make some changes in response to those concerns, requiring that any app developers that receive patient data sign an attestation that they will...
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