As the Trump administration and states push health data sharing, familiar challenges surface
- Despite significant investment, health advocates say Americans’ medical records often remain siloed, causing duplicate testing and high costs for patients and care teams.
- Christine Park, chief medical officer at Northeast Valley Health Corp., noted that data sharing is difficult due to hospitals being on different networks.
- Bob Kocher, a venture capitalist and former health official, emphasized that there is not really an incentive for better data sharing in healthcare.
- Hospitals with fewer resources often face challenges in sharing data, impacting care for underserved patients.
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As the Trump administration and states push health data sharing, familiar challenges surface
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