“Excuse me, I have requested a download” of health records (watch)

Our August 2010 Man of the Month, “E-Patient” Dave eBronkart speaks. This post was originally published on MedCity News.
“E-Patient” Dave eBronkart speaks at MedCity ENGAGE 2016.
Back in June, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO Dr. John Halamka wrote about a certain perceived shortfall in the Meaningful Use “view/download/transmit” requirement for patient engagement in electronic health records.

In a blog post that MedCity News reposted as a MedCitizens contribution, Halamka said:
Meaningful Use Stage 2 has a requirement that I’ve always considered to be the “cart before the horse” — patients must be able to View/Download/Transmit their data. Viewing is great — we’ve done that at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center since 1999 for all patients and all data. Download makes little sense since at the moment there is nothing a patient can do with a download. Of the 2 million patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, not one has ever requested a download. Transmit makes even less sense since there is no place to transmit the data to.
That statement did not sit well in the world of empowered patients — particularly with a certain outspoken BIDMC patient named Dave deBronkart. DeBronkart, better known as “E-Patient Dave,” made his feelings known during the MedCity ENGAGEconference in San Diego last week, as this video clip illustrates:

“I have a dispute with the guy who runs IT” at Beth Israel Deaconess, deBronkart said durin...

Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - October 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Advocacy Health IT Patients Patients' Rights Source Type: blogs