Politico July 31, 2025
WASHINGTON WATCH
President Donald Trump unveiled on Wednesday a federally driven initiative that will allow Americans to access their medical records via an app, potentially marking the end of health care’s long reliance on paper.
At a White House event, he invited 60-some companies in health care — from rural health care providers to tech giants — to agree to work to free up health data from within doctors’ offices, apps, information exchanges and payer databases. But notably, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and head of the Office for the National Coordinator for Health IT Tom Keane was absent from yesterday’s activities at the White House.
“You own your medical records. They’re yours. Why you can’t have access to them...
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