CareApprove is a smart phone app that allows patients to grant—and revoke— permission for providers to access, send, or receive health information electronically. CareApprove is designed to put patients in charge of how their health data is shared, which is critical for data related to behavioral health, substance use disorders or sexually transmitted infections. Complex federal and state requirements for collecting patient consent to share health information mean that many healthcare organizations choose to lock down sensitive health data, even when patients want their providers to have a full picture of their health.
The CareApprove app will let patients choose whether their health data is made available to all healthcare providers they have a medical relationship with, or released on a case-by-case basis for treatment or care coordination.
