February 20 , 2020
This year Academy Health co-located the National Health Policy Conference with Health Datapalooza. It was well executed. There were lots of great concurrent break-out sessions. Because of that, people had a hard time choosing which health data and policy sessions to attend. Some chose to divide their time between two. This is a high level […]
Who Owns Patient Data?
August 20 , 2012
Who owns a patient’s health information?·The patient to whom it refers?·The health provider that created it?·The IT specialist who has the greatest control over it?The notion of ownership is inadequate for health information. For instance, no one has an absolute right to destroy health information. But we all understand what it means to own an […]