Electronic Health Record Segmentation

Electronic health records improve the quality of health care by ensuring that every provider who sees a patient has access to their medical history. But, electronic health records also make a patient’s entire medical record – including records about sensitive health care – available to all providers with access to the system. S.1633 / A.2613 would require electronic health record companies to segment electronic health records and suppress sensitive health information at a patient’s direction. This would enable patients to reap the benefits of electronic health records without risking that information about their abortion, gender affirming care, or other sensitive health care will be shared and used against them. The NYCLU strongly supports this legislation and urges its immediate passage.