The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of people’s lives, including health care. Many physicians and practices were forced to transition from traditional, in-person doctor’s visits to telehealth appointments. Only under more extreme or necessary circumstances were patients allowed in-person visits, and often times they were forced to go to those visits alone and without… Continue reading How Digitization Helps Patients Become Their Own Health Advocates
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What’s in Your Health Record?
If you’re living in an Internet-enabled household, chances are you have all or most of your banking information at your fingertips. Can you say the same for your health information? For many, these important records are locked away in filing cabinets or kept at your doctor’s offices. Despite the fact that patients have a legal… Continue reading What’s in Your Health Record?
Patients like me declare our health data rights
“We the people…have the right to our own health data.” That’s part of a collective new Declaration of Health Rights, officially unveiled tonight on the newly launched HealthDataRights.org. It is time to turn the conversation from fear and privacy to sharing data and finding new treatments and better care. The Declaration represents reality that what… Continue reading Patients like me declare our health data rights