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1/7 Intense lobbying of @ONC_HealthIT information blocking API rules is not about patients. It’s about money. #Surprise Patient records are very valuable for analytics, machine learning, AI, insurance methods, narrow networks, quality measures, value-based payments...
@ONC_HealthIT 2/7 The lobbies are desperate to keep (@EHRAssociation
) or get (@carinalliance
) access to the records in transit. If patients and doctors can bypass either of them when using the API then surveillance capitalists will need explicit consent to access patient data.
) or get (@carinalliance
) access to the records in transit. If patients and doctors can bypass either of them when using the API then surveillance capitalists will need explicit consent to access patient data.
@ONC_HealthIT @EHRAssociation @carinalliance 3/7 Consider what would happen if the 21C Cures mandated API worked like US Mail, or Fax, or secure email. (1) Patients, not data brokers, would decide who has access to the API. (2) Patients, not data brokers, would judge the privacy practices. Real competition not paternalism.
