{"id":20462,"date":"2018-04-02T15:04:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T19:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=20462"},"modified":"2018-04-02T15:04:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T19:04:34","slug":"must-do-by-midnight-comment-on-nih-plan-for-handling-all-health-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2018\/04\/must-do-by-midnight-comment-on-nih-plan-for-handling-all-health-data.html","title":{"rendered":"Must Do By Midnight: Comment On NIH Plan For Handling ALL Health Data!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest post by SPM member Francie Grace.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s a last minute Important item for your Monday To Do list. Spotted in a reminder tweet Friday<\/a>\u00a0from former U.S. Chief Data Scientist D.J. Patil (@dpatil):<\/p>\n

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Hey data scientists, just a few days to give the @NIH<\/a> @NIHDataScience<\/a> @NIHDirector<\/a> your feedback on their approach to data science. I’ve got my letter ready to send in. This is going to take all of us. Let’s do this. https:\/\/t.co\/fv3tQ9rilR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 dj patil (@dpatil) March 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nPatients and the public at large are among those being asked to comment on a pathfinding blueprint for how health data should be handled — an issue close to our hearts (and every other body part, for that matter).<\/p>\n

Apologies for the super-short notice, but this is an important chance for all of us to comment, however briefly, on the National Institutes for Health strategic plan for how to create, use, re-use, allow access to, and protect the vast amounts of health data now being created every minute of every day.<\/p>\n

The deadline to fill out the government comment form is “by April 2” [11:59 pm ET] so please take a few minutes to read the NIH plan<\/a> (it’s in reasonably plain English, don’t be intimidated), and get your e-patient views on the record where you can help move the world forward:<\/p>\n

A brief glance suggests …<\/p>\n