Why RFK Jr.’s data plans might hit a real world snag

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Federal health department leaders have touted the potential of using patient data, including health records, to study autism, chronic disease, vaccine injuries, and more. Just yesterday, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a plan to use CMS claims data though an existing research program for this purpose, promising the agencies will “establish a secure tech-enabled mechanism to enhance this data sharing with timely, privacy and security compliant data exchange.” But that’s claims. The plan to get health records remains fuzzy.

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