Olin Hyde noted a nifty survey on patient control of electronic health record information the other day. But he interpreted it in a dour way, at least for my own worldview of openness. Here’s his tweet:
Bad news for #opendata advocated by @wilbanks “@berniemd31: Study: Patients Want To Control #EHR Information - bit.ly/ToOglB”
— Olin Hyde (@olinhyde) November 29, 2012
The article talks about how patients want control over the privacy of their data, so I can see why this is an easy interpretation to make. You’re a patient, someone tells you how much crap is happening with your data, and your gut reaction is to protect it. Makes sense.