News brief

This initiative aims to make accessing health records and monitoring wellness easier. More than 60 companies, including major tech companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple, as well as health care giants like UnitedHealth Group and CVS Health, have agreed to share patient data in the system. Officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, who will be in charge of maintaining the system, maintain that patient data will be secure. But experts warn of ethical and legal concerns and potential misuse of sensitive information.