Back when healthcare information exchanges were a new thing, one of the competing notions was for patients to &quot;carry&quot; around their own medical records, explicitly granting access on a need-to-know basis. Thumb drive, cloud storage, whatever.<p>I know that your statement isn&#x27;t suggesting this strategy. I only mention it to note the logical conclusion of a patient-centric system.<p>Currently, getting access to your own medical records is like getting your own financial records and credit reports, only worse.<p>Even though I am my data, it is my identity, my self, none of the aggregators and purveyors, who profit from my data, see it that way, and only comply reluctantly.