Is 2026 the Year Patients Finally Own Their Data? | The 229 Podcast with John Helvey

June 30, 2026: John Helvey, CEO of SacValley MedShare, has spent five-plus years building one of California's leading regional health information exchanges. He sits down with Sarah Richardson to unpack why national data networks still fall short: patient-matching gaps, geofencing blind spots, and the 60 to 90 seconds patients and providers spend waiting for data that should already be there. John explains how his team is turning raw interoperable data into something clinicians can actually use, why health systems need better incentives to share, and what it will take to build a true patient-centered data home.

Key Points:

• 01:44 Why Interop Is Hard

• 09:17 Push vs Pull Data Sharing

• 11:36 Consumer Access and Identity

• 14:55 From Movable to Usable Data

• 20:06 Future Vision and Closing

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