The study also made the following findings:
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The vast majority (87 percent) of patients with chronic conditions believe it is important to have control over their health information.
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55 percent of patients with chronic conditions believe they have little to no control over their health information.
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69 percent of patients with chronic conditions believe having access to health data is a right and they want access to all of their information.
For the study, Accenture surveyed 10,730 individuals from 10 countries including healthy consumers and those who self-reported they were chronically ill.
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