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>simplified metrics frequently distort incentives

i dont understand how this relates to transparency. nothing about giving patients the right to access their own medical records involves metrics in any way.

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Oh yes, it makes the way notes are formulated sensitive, then appeasing the readers will become the new metric instead of helping the patient.

ok, i kind of understand that, but it is still very different than a metric.

metrics become problematic because they are reductive and they are tied to compensation, promotion, or other rewards.

here we are talking about a raw dump of all data, which is the opposite of a reductive metric, and there is no compensation or reward tied to providing the data.

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