title: THE BATTLE OVER PATIENT DATA. How to secure your access.
abstract: Who owns patient data in an electronic health record (EHR)? It's a simple question with a complex answer. No longer confined to the shelves of a physician's office, patient data is now shared and used by a myriad of organizations across healthcare: Other physicians and health systems, the EHR vendor, payers, and researchers, not to mention patients themselves. While primary care physicians often originate the medical record, the resulting data are not theirs alone.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morrissey
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D016494:Computer Security; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration; D011216:Practice Management, Medical