For those of you unfamiliar, look up the term “managed care” and study the abomination that is the American health care system, for that is where the medical/ pharmaceutical industry is trying to drag you. ‘my health record ‘ is a step in that direction because it provides a means for non medical bureaucrats to have visibility into your health.
The next step after that is to use the information in your MHR to make bureaucratic decisions about your future treatment options as is the case in the USA. This is currently the province of medical practitioners only but MHR by its very nature, allows non medical bureaucrats into the process. These decisions determine length and quality of life. For example, unofficially if you’re a smoker, the medicos place you at the very bottom of the list for any transplant operation. American “health managers” are not doctors, they are ruthless deniers of medical care to insured persons on the flimsiest pretext.
health economists are are not known for compassion. You have been warned.