[mdlug] A plan to digitize health care - My Apology

[Mark Thuemmel]

Sure Dan, the vendor will just automagicly produce the data for the Dr
in any format he wants at any time for free.....owns may be one thing,
but "be able to get a data dump" is another....



Dan DeSloover wrote:
> Absolutely, it's written into HIPAA. A patient owns their individual
> record and the doctor owns the entire data set.
> 
> allen wrote:
>> Is it as cut and dried as that?
>>
>> The reason I ask is the last time I read about ownership of personal
>> data the issue was far from settled and pretty contentious. Or is data
>> ownership clearly established for medical data only?
>>
>> Allen
>>
>> Dan DeSloover wrote:
>>> Interesting. The software company does know that the data belongs to the
>>> doctor and the patients, right?
>>>
>>> While the company may have a proprietary interest in database, schema
>>> and
>>> client interface they don't own the data.
>>>
>>> Any doctor's office caught in this kind of trap should be able to get a
>>> data dump (into CSV, HL7) and then immediately switch practice
>>> management
>>> systems.
>>>
>>
> 
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