The Health ID Card: A Double-Edged Sword

A few days ago, I wrote about the concept of data liberation and the proposal by Herb Quinde, Director, Public Sector of Microsoft at The 2014 OPEN MINDS Technology & Informatics Institute to create a universal U.S. health ID card (see Stop Integrating Data & Start Liberating Data). Such a card includes a discreet set of consumer data that would then be “ubiquitous” to all health care interactions.

The buzz around this topic has continued this week – both here in the OPEN MINDS office and among our OPEN MINDS Circle readers. This idea is one that creates a lot . . .