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Re:OpenEMR: Electronic Medical Records and Medical Practice ... by nradov on Friday March 17, 2017 @09:34AM (#13893784)
You don't seem to understand the market dynamics. Consumer preferences have little or no impact on provider EHR selection. In general the only consumers who really care about controlling their own data are those with complex, long-term chronic medical conditions who see providers from multiple different organizations. Otherwise most patients are satisfied using the captive PHRs tied into individual provider organization EHRs. Real world patients aren't going to switch providers over issues like this.
Re:OpenEMR: Electronic Medical Records and Medical Practice ... by ryanSrich on Friday March 17, 2017 @10:00AM (#13894011)
Actually quite the contrary. I work in this space everyday.

My point was that the model you describe is dated and broken. When consumers have the choice to make decisions around technology, price and value, they'll do exactly that. Right now they have no say in the matter, as you've pointed out.