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Technology

Individuals' use of online medical records is on the rise | Health Data Management

Just over half of respondents to the National Cancer Institute 2017 Health Information Trends survey said their providers had offered them access to their records, up from 42% in 2014.

Before using birth control apps, consider your privacy | Wired

Last week, the FDA approved the first digital contraceptive, an app called Natural Cycles. By agreeing to the app's privacy policy, users give the developer the right to give their anonymized data to third parties.

Amazon's latest health care hire is a master of bringing technology into the clinic | Stat

Dr. Maulik Majmudar, Amazon's most recent healthcare hire, has spent years getting people at Massachusetts General Hospital to use new technologies. "You can have all the invention you want. But if you can't actually implement and deploy it at scale and sustain it, it really is not going to have the impact that you anticipate," he said.

Safety, quality and clinical practice

What does knee surgery cost? Few know, and that's a problem | The Wall Street Journal

Hospitals and patients alike often don't know the true costs of procedures. The former often increase prices to meet financial goals, and the latter end often up spending more than they expected.

In other news

The world's first customer complaint is almost 4,000 years old | Quartz

On a clay tablet, a man complained that he received the wrong grade of copper and that another shipment was sent to the wrong place and delayed.