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Americans will soon be able to access and share their medical records through a new “digital health tech ecosystem”, unveiled by U.S. President Donald Trump in partnership with more than 60 major technology companies.
The initiative, announced at the White House, will allow individuals to upload their health data onto mobile applications operated by private technology companies such as Apple, Google, and Amazon.
“For decades, America’s health care networks have been overdue for a high tech upgrade, and that’s what we’re doing,” Trump said, criticising the current systems as “slow, costly and incompatible.”
The new system will be optional for users, described as “opt-in”, and aims to make personal health data portable across different medical providers, even those using incompatible systems.
“Today, the dream of easily transportable electronic medical records finally becomes a reality,” he said.
According to Trump, a deal was reached with 60 major tech companies to create standardised digital formats for medical records, which he said would ensure smooth data transfer between different platforms.
“This will allow patients to easily transmit information from one doctor to another, even if they’re using different networks and systems,” he added.
Calls for digitising the U.S. healthcare system have grown over the years, with experts citing increased efficiency, reduced paperwork, and better coordination between providers.
The new plan represents one of the most significant public-private efforts to tackle the longstanding issue of fragmented digital health records in the country.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is facing its first lawsuits in the United Kingdom over claims that its talc-based products cause cancer, as it continues to battle tens of thousands of similar cases in the United States.
The World Health Organization on Monday issued a health advisory warning about three contaminated cough syrups identified in India, urging authorities to report any detection of these medicines in their countries to the health agency.
Around 6,000 students in Malaysia have been infected with influenza and some schools have been closed for the safety of children and staff, an education ministry official said.
Indian police have arrested the owner of Sresan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer, the cough syrup company linked to the deaths of at least 19 children in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police officer told Reuters on Thursday.
More than 200 health facilities in war-hit eastern Congo have run out of medicines due to widespread looting and supply chain disruptions during fighting this year, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday.
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