Dear Richard,
Please can you say more about the difference between ‘records’ and ‘data’? I understood that the main issue was to empower patients to access their personal medical records, which for me includes the notes that a health professional might jot down at each appointment. But you describe these below as ‘Professionals’ records’, which ‘belong to professionals’. Are you not pushing for patients to have access to these records also?
Thanks, Neil
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org