Healthcare Finance News October 25, 2019
By law, patients own their own data, but access and understanding what’s in the record is not user friendly.
Healthcare data is owned by the patient, but providers, payers, pharma and others know far more about how the information is being shared than the consumer.
By law, patients own their data, said Dr. Andrew Gettinger, chief clinical officer for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information, during the Connected Health Conference in Boston last week.
But if possession is nine-tenths of the law, then who controls that data becomes the issue that was debated by panelist experts during another CHC session.
“Patients do have a right to their data, but it’s hard getting it,” said Deven McGraw, chief...
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