Influential healthcare healthcare guru , Dr Eric Topol , has told a San Diego healthcare conference that " patients have to own their own medical data [ ... ] as a prerequisite for democratising healthcare " . Once patients control their medical records , the " much - anticipated " revolution in American healthcare can begin to take shape , and hence the " ingrained paternalism " of doctors . Currently in the US , only residents of rural Hampshire own their personal medical data by themselves .
Influential US healthcare guru, Dr Eric Topol, has told a San Diego healthcare conference that "patients have to own their own medical data [...] as a prerequisite for democratising healthcare". Once patients control their health records, the "much-needed" revolution in American healthcare can begin to take place, and end the "ingrained paternalism" of doctors. Currently in the US, only residents of New Hampshire own their personal medical data by law.