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Show HN: Metriport – Open-source universal API for health data

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Re: Show HN: Metriport – Open-source universal API for health data

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Post by eternityforest »

vcryan wrote: post #2

Call me crazy, but I'm one of those people who wants their medical information to be harder to get, not easier. I don't want any company to have it at all, including hospitals, etc. I'd prefer to come in with a thumb drive with medical information in a human readable format and that's it. Or you know, a folder with some papers in it.

Medical errors kill many people every year.

I don't think I have any relevant allergies or anything, but if I did, I would want the hospital to have 100% instant access to every piece of data

Re: Show HN: Metriport – Open-source universal API for health data

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Post by celsinga »

eternityforest wrote: post #11
vcryan wrote: post #2

Call me crazy, but I'm one of those people who wants their medical information to be harder to get, not easier. I don't want any company to have it at all, including hospitals, etc. I'd prefer to come in with a thumb drive with medical information in a human readable format and that's it. Or you know, a folder with some papers in it.

Medical errors kill many people every year. I don't think I have any relevant allergies or anything, but if I did, I would want the hospital to have 100% instant access to every piece of data

That's the way we see it too, as medical errors are one of the leading causes of death in the US alone (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28186008/).

We see this as a huge problem that still needs addressing, and improving data-sharing standards and access is one way to go about it: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/health-data-canada-sharing-in...

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