Want medical records on your smartphone? Federal rules just made it easier.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has its hands full with this whole containing a disease outbreak thing.  Which meant that the release of its new rules to modernize access to medical records — controversial, much anticipated, and delayed for over a year — dropped Monday not with a bang, but a plop. The new rules are supposed to improve the ability of patients to access their medical records. They're intended to clear a path for common sense  innovation in healthcare — such as smartphone apps for patients to manage and access their own records — by standardizing the way medical institutions store and share data. Read more...More about Data, Health Records, Tech, and Health