Gov. Patrick on personal health information management
Date: Jun 01, 2011WORCESTER, Mass. -- At the second annual health IT conference that bears his name, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick shares his personal story of how health IT intersected with his hip replacement a few years ago.
While he humorously tells about how he opted out of "opportunities" to learn about his procedure in intricate detail, Gov. Patrick acknowledged that some patients not only want to but need to participate in their health care. This means supporting a transparent health IT system that yields strong personal health information management to the patients who choose to opt in and become more active.
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