# Patient Empowerment #### At the heart of Health Throve’s vision is the empowerment of patients. Gone are the days when patients were passive participants in their healthcare journey. With Health Throve, patients take full control of their medical records, choosing who can access, view, and modify their sensitive information. #### This puts the power back where it belongs—directly in the hands of patients. #### They decide how and when their health data is shared, ensuring privacy and personalized healthcare management , Health Throve gives patients ownership of their health journey in a way that was never possible before. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://health-trove.gitbook.io/health-trove-docs/getting-started-with-the-health-throve-goals/patient-empowerment.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.