STAT Plus: ‘Unleash that data’: Medicare chief promotes freer exchange of medical records, highlights efforts to protect privacy
After a year of intense lobbying, the Trump administration on Monday finalized federal rules to give patients easier electronic access to their medical records and fuel a freer exchange of health data to improve their care.
The president’s top aides characterized the implementation of the rules as a watershed moment in American health care, unlocking health information that is now inaccessible to patients and technology companies seeking to use it to develop digital products and services.
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