Medicare chief touts patient access to health data, efforts to guard privacy

Medicare chief touts patient access to health data, efforts to guard privacy

STAT Plus: ‘Unleash that data’: Medicare chief promotes freer exchange of medical records, highlights efforts to protect privacy

By CASEY ROSS

MICHAEL BROCHSTEIN/SIPA USA VIA AP IMAGES

Electronic medical records today are "locked in your doctor’s computer," said Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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