The Trump Administration launched a new “digital health ecosystem” yesterday and worked with Google, Amazon, Apple and 60+ companies to store Americans’ health data on private applications.
At the White House event, President Trump announced that the system will allow patients to access medical records without fax machines or delay.
Head of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center Mehmet OZ called this “tool for strengthening patients”, which first focused on the care of diabetes, weight management and health assistants AI. Although the program may include data from 140 million Medicare/Medicaid users if logged in.
Hospital Fan, panic of personal data protection experts
The main hospital, such as the Cleveland Clinic, supports the plan and says it solves critical problems. “Patients are trying to collect records from more doctors,” said Tomislav Mihalevic, CEO, noting that this sometimes causes dangerous delay in treatment.
Fitness App Noom soon analyzes users’ medical tests to adapt the advice of weight loss, something CEO Geoff Coof calls revolutionary because “data is now modified”.
- Applications follow diet/exercise and share knowledge with doctors
- AI Chatbots suggest treatment based on your records
- Hospitals approach a full history of health during extraordinary events
Minister of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – Technical enthusiast – desires these data to study autism and safety of the vaccine. CMS will also recommend “approved applications” on Medicare.gov for the treatment of chronic diseases.
Critics emphasize the poor record of data management and notice that CMS has recently shared patients with deportation officials.
While CMS promises to secure military level, experts notice that health applications face almost no government supervision.
Since patients weigh comfort against privacy, this system, which has prepared for launching in 2026, could transform who controls the most sensitive information about America.
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