Apple will be represented by phone at a meeting designed to help push through a policy change to let consumers access their health data “without further delay.” Microsoft will also attend via phone.
Apple and Microsoft will each be sending a representative to a meeting on Monday hosted by a group that’s supporting efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services to make it easier for patients to access and share their medical information.
The nonpartisan Carin Alliance, which describes its focus as “advancing consumer-directed exchange in health care,” posted the attendee list and talking points on its website on Friday. More than 40 people representing some of the biggest companies in the industry are planning to attend, either in person or by phone, according to the list.
Apple’s Ricky Bloomfield, who’s working on efforts to add health information to the iPhone, is expected to join by phone, as is Microsoft’s Joshua Mandel, a chief architect at the company…
Proponents of the change are trying to modernize patient access to their data, because it’s still common for health systems to only make it available via a CD-ROM or fax. Some patients are denied access altogether.
MacDailyNews Take: It’s past time for this to be modernized, but hopefully Apple-level standards on privacy and security can be achieved as this is sensitive data and maintaining privacy is of the utmost concern.
One of the biggest issues in healthcare in the U.S. today is that there is no “Quartberback” – someone running the effort, coordinating the various specialists, making sure everyone is on the same page with the treatment plan(s), drug interactions, allergies, etc. A “playbook” showing the full picture of the patient’s health data would be very useful – and let the disparate medical personnel each quarterback on their own. Hopefully, Apple can step in, build, and fulfill this need with the company’s vaunted security and privacy. — MacDailyNews, August 22, 2016
Folks, if you think you can trust your medical team’s IT department (any of them) to secure your most personal non-financial data; I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale you might be interested in.
https://news.yahoo.com/billion-medical-images-exposed-online-220054963.html
With my previous health plan, I used the Follow My Health app which had all my medical information and it was all available to me. Since I moved, I have to use 2 apps. Health for Me and the labcorp app.
There are already tools that give you complete access to health information.
The issue of health is more relevant than ever now, as well as similar auxiliary tools for its maintenance. Clinics claim that stem cell treatment can help patients with dementia, autism, multiple sclerosis and even cerebral palsy. I read an interesting article on this topic here https://www.startstemcells.com/COPD-treatment.html . Crowdfunding campaigns to raise funds for this very expensive treatment are becoming more and more common in our lives.