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Crowd Challenges Health Department's Medical Records Grab
Yesterday, in a room filled with people who came to comment on the Health Department's medical record grab—and their planned use of the data to centralize treatment decisions and restrict access to care—the Department stalled the conversation.
State officials used up the first hour with department presentations. Meanwhile KSTP-TV waited for the action to begin. And
After I asked them to provide their definition of health care "quality" (which they refused to answer), they cut off all audience questions until the end.
After they used up the first hour with three presentations, they asked every person to limit their comments to five minutes.
Engaged Audience:
The audience, most of them wearing CCHC "My Medical Records are Mine" stickers, was very engaged once the presentations were over, occasionally shouting out vocal rebuffs of less-than-transparent answers by the Department. They also applauded various comments made by the public.
MDH may be hoping no one ever hears about the meeting. They chose not to record attendance (no sign-in sheets) or to tape record the public's comments.
Today we publish the CCHC report of the meeting, with lots of photos, to make sure the public knows what actually happened.
Coming soon...a YouTube video of a very impassioned and noisy exchange between one woman and the Health Department officials on the constitutionality of government taking private data.
Twila Brase
President, CCHC
651-646-8935
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