Example of health use case for blockchain. 10,000 may be an exaggeration. I really don’t know the exact number, but after years of studying interoperability in local, regional and state health care ecosystems

It's the metadata! It's the metadata! Metadata is the data, about data. The time stamp, location, pattern of use, disclosure or networked relationships. Metadata provides clues about a persons activities.

The "Internet of Me" is driving global consciousness of the value proposition posed by personal data. When a consumer owns their personal data, they control access to that data and can manage

Sharing directly from the Code of Fair Information Practices (1973, revised 1980). Collection Limitation Principle There should be limits to the collection of personal data and any such data should be

Personal data? Is that the same as private data? The answer is "yes!" Personal data is any information in structured, unstructured, verbal, written, paper-form or electronic, video, photographic

Privacy experts are fixated on keeping health data private - tucked away where it is not visible, separate and away from prying eyes. In health care even a small set of protected health information can

Meet Where's Waldo's cousin - Where's MyHealthData? Have you had the experience of tracking down where your medical records are located? Think that large health system with the fancy building has your

Public Policy doesn't Include the Consumer Voice! Existing public policy and legal regulation recognizes the individual as the primary decision-maker in the release of information transaction (HITECH,

Complexity science provides a lens to explore the complex system of public policy related to data governance. Public policy generally demonstrates the common sense and common conscience of the citizens

Clinical and Business Intelligence is beginning to take shape in health care. Imagine, the largest sector of our American economy has not been using data to inform the business case until just recently.

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) (with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid) are supporting the development of national measurement system for quality, payment and research. Health data captured

Congress wants to get in on the act. Consumers owning and controlling their health data is a coming attraction - pushed by public policy and driven by tech innovators who see this as a new opportunity

My research over the last four years shows that their is a relationship between a set of identified descriptive characteristics and the choice to share or not share your medical information with a health

Healthcare finance guru's will tell you that cryptocurrencies value is in the payment of services. They are wrong. They don't understand. Health data is an asset. A very sensitive personal asset. Today

Follow me @phdmoon To find out more about the rapidly digitizing learning health care system that collects, stores, aggregates and uses consumer data for treatment, payment and operations (care, quality

Your data - your asset! Want to understand how your personal health data is used in health care, insurance and quality improvement - activities where data is an asset and consumers have not financially

An individual’s choice to share or control the sharing or withholding of personal health information represents one of the most significant public policy challenges connected to electronic health information

Consumer-mediated exchange is one of only three types of health information exchange (directed, query, and C-ME) used to improve health care interoperability (Banning & Tritle, 2014; Daniel et al.,

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, Title XIII of Division A and Title IV of Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery

Technology advancements related to the aggregation, re-use, and exchange of data outpace the development and adoption of policies, procedures, and processes essential for oversight of consumer health data