What is Flower?

Speak Flower (speakflower.org) is a group of folks centered around the idea that patients can easily control and share their health information using open secure standards. »
Steven Daviss

Flower.
A simple idea.
About health care.
About YOUR health care.
About your health care RECORDS.
Your data.  Your info.
But, where IS all your health information, anyway??
Doctor General's office
Doctor Cardio's office
Doctor Psych's office
Friendly General Hospital
Acme Lab Company
X-Rays-R-Us
Big Box Pharmacy
3rd desk drawer in the guest bedroom

Does one hand know 
what the other is doing?
How do they communicate?
Communicate MY 
important information?
Do they know about each other?
Do they even SPEAK to each other?
They would if they spoke Flower.
Does YOUR doctor speak Flower?
Speak Flower.  A simple idea.
About your health care 
DATA.
speakflower.org
HIPAA law requires providers give you a copy of your data if requested.
Store that data in a secure format using widely available open standards.
Control WHO
can access your data, WHICH 
parts of your data, WHEN and for WHAT purpose.
Track who has touched 
your data
doctors
hospitals
pharmacists
family members
friends
researchers
even marketers (but make them pay you to access parts of your de-identified data : )
age, gender, state
blood pressures over the past 6 months
medications
calories burned (via your FitBit)
next scheduled cholesterol test
personal health care
community support from others with similar conditions
compare notes with others based on similar meds, conditions, goals, etc
participate in research studies
do your own research on de-identified data from other Flower-speaking participants
have marketers target you for special deals and discounts -- only if you want them to
Any EHR, PHR, doctor, or hospital can Speak Flower.
Patients manage their health data like they manage their financial data.  
They decide what comes in.  
They decide what goes out. 
Automatically.
It's that simple.  Flower.
About YOU!

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