I think one of the most interesting pieces of your offering is the ratings system for hospitals. This will surely stir the pot if it hasn't already. Great tool for patients to make informed decisions and pressure their providers to be more open. Are you doing anything to include the digitized records as structured data/go the HIE/FHIR/interop route?
Hi @lukedeannif – thank you for bringing our Hospital Scores (https://www.patientbank.us/stats...) up! It is an important piece of our offering, since we learn a lot as we gather records for more and more patients. These learnings are useful to inform patients' decisions, encourage hospitals to perform and show appreciation to the institutions that are alrea…See more
Hey @lukedeannif, glad you like the hospital ratings! Our hope is to push some accountability to the HIM department -- typically it's a bit of an afterthought in the patient experience. As for formatting the data, we accept records in a number of formats (browser-based upload, DIRECT, etc.), and we're looking forward to more widespread adoption of HL7/FHIR s…See more
@mert_celebi Awesome. I can see a real opportunity to structure the records after you receive them and increase interoperability and flow of information. Are you all thinking about what you can do with these records other than simply delivering them to patients? I realize that may touch on HIPAA issues, but it could also be a huge value add for patients and …See more
@lukedeannif@mert_celebi Yes! Data fragmentation in healthcare causes lots of problems, so giving patients easy access to their own data is just a start. You're right that we have to remain HIPAA-compliant, but eventually we want to empower patients to share their records for research.
