I sometimes feel like we take one step forward and two steps back as we embrace technology. Because with the advances in providing people with access to their own health care data (including mental health data), there seems to be inevitable stumbling blocks along the …
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This is a profound and compelling post. I’m certainly on board. At icyou.com, we really don’t have anything that represents the ideas you offer here. If you know of any video(s) that reflect and talk about your views, we would be interested in hearing about it. Again, great post. I’m eager to see these thoughts gain import and momentum in the politics of health care. Thanks, Kevin.
When you see a physician, are the files for your case his or hers, or are they yours? You would think that you would own them, given that they are about you, but they also contain intellectual property, the diagnosis and notes, that are the physician’s. It’s a good question. Individuals can create their own personal health records in HealthVault or Google Health, but they are somewhat incomplete without all of the histories from various doctors. I agree that we should have the right to copies of our health data, and at little or no charge. Heck, just to have my son’s immunization record “authenticated” by the doc’s office so that I could send him to camp cost me $5. Just to confirm that he was up to date on his shots. Silliness.