Recent News: PHR Initiatives Raise Privacy Concerns, Legal Experts Say

iHealthBeat, March 27, 2008 -- Big-name companies developing initiatives to offer Public Health Records are raising privacy concerns because most of the firms are not covered under HIPPA rules. Some states are passing additional laws and many of the larger firms like Google and Microsoft are using strict privacy standards, but the responsibility is on the consumer to understand the company’s privacy policies.

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