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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump administration to launch new private health tracking system with Big Tech's help
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-30-2025What could possibly go wrong. Talk about accelerating their plans for those the magapubs deem 'useless feeders'.
We know it's coming.
The Trump administration is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data and medical records on new apps and systems run by private tech companies, promising it will make it easier to access health records and monitor wellness.
Leaders from more than 60 companies, including tech giants such as Google and Amazon, as well as prominent hospital systems like the Cleveland Clinic, will convene at the White House on Wednesday afternoon to discuss what the administration is calling a digital health ecosystem. The new system will focus on diabetes and weight management, conversational AI that helps patients, and digital tools, like QR codes and apps, that would register patients for check-ins or track medications.
The initiative, spearheaded by an administration that has already freely shared highly personal data about Americans in ways that have tested legal bounds, could put patients desires for more convenience at their doctors office on a collision course with their expectations that their medical information be kept private.
ananda
(35,520 posts)they want have access to women's health records.
We all know why.
JustAnotherGen
(38,113 posts)BoRaGard
(7,591 posts)bucolic_frolic
(55,844 posts)That's all they deserve.
JustAnotherGen
(38,113 posts)Let's break it.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,500 posts)When I changed doctors because I changed heath care plans my new doctor was able to access my records from my previous provider.
Two questions immediately come to mind. Is Trump trying to claim credit for someone else's work?
There appear to currently be restrictions on who can access this data. Will this right to privacy continue to be honored?
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