Who owns the EHR? Lets think of that on the level of this question. Who owns the internet? Everyone and no one answers both questions. Government. Yes! They mandated the EHR, and they pass legislation that directs it. They have a large portion of the control over the EHR. The health system. The health system has the hands-on control of the HER. They manage it and utilize it in the most acute sense. The patient. Without patients, there would be no EHR. All of the information in the EHR is private information about the patient. The insurance company. ***Cue mini rant*** If we really think about it, the insurance companies have all of the money, and thus are doing whatever they want to do. If they wanted to claim the EHR, for all intensive purposes, it is theirs to claim. ***end mini rant*** Insurance companies use the EHR as much as the healthcare systems to make the “best” decisions for patients. How was that for skirting around the answer to the question!!!
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