Who does the EHR belong to?

October 22, 2009 Charlotte

I have to believe that my Electronic Health Record belongs to me. At least the information held within it belongs to me. The computers and the system that organizes and manipulates the date may belong to some one else. However, it is my personal information held within. The EHR is a way for people in a health system or insurance system to be able to easily utilize my information. Their systems utilize my information. Because of the nature of the personal information others keep filed, the governement has put laws into place such as HIPPA to keep my information from being mishandled or shared with people who have no business knowing my business. These laws allow me to decide who can use, view, andor store my information.