The coming fight over who controls digital health data

Spending for consumer digital healthcare companies is set to explode in the next few years; the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is currently reviewing the requirements for data sharing with the Department of Health and Human Services, and their initiatives will unlock a wave of data access never before seen in the U.S. healthcare system.

Already, startups and large technology companies are jockeying for position over how to leverage this access and take advantage of new sensor technologies that provide unprecedented windows into patient health.

Last week, after reports in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, Google confirmed the details of a partnership with religiously-affiliated hospital and assisted living network, Ascension, a deal that involved the movement of millions of patient records into Googles infrastructure.

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Over half of health care providers noncompliant with HIPAA access rules

Some patients who request their medical records still do not receive them within the legally mandated 30-day period or in the format requested, says Deven McGraw, chief regulatory officer at Ciitizen and a former HHS Office for Civil Rights official. An updated scorecard from Ciitizen found compliance with HIPAA Right of Access rules has risen, but 51% of health care providers are noncompliant.

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