Re:Why Everyone Hates the Electronic Medical Record
by firejake308 on Friday February 09, 2024 @09:24AM
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Cool, does your product fall into the category that they call "patient passports"?
Also, I looked into your website, and it looks like you have the https://www.fastenhealth.com, but you forgot to register the subdomain without the www. I remember having to configure that the last time I deployed on Netlify. Also, I was gonna try the Careers link on the website but it looks like it's a dummy link, which is fine if it's intentional.
The 21st Century Cures Act was signed 8 years ago (but compliance was only required as of 2023). It states that Healthcare Institutions (& EHR developers) must provide a mechanism for patients to access their health records electronically in a standardized format (FHIR).
It's what allowed my open-source startup Fasten Health to even exist. I was diagnosed with a chronic condition, and wanted a way to store my health records privately on my own devices. A bit of luck and a POC later, I was able to confirm that patients can access their own records with little-to-no barriers.
It doesn't matter that I've had 6 different insurance companies over my career, or that I've visited more than 2 dozen different healthcare institutions, as a Patient we have the unique ability to collate and generate our own longitudinal health record.
https://github.com/fastenhealth/fasten-onprem