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February 20, 2008

Report on Privacy and PHRs Released

Posted February 20, 2008 by Lygeia Ricciardi

FYI today the World Privacy Forum released a new legal and policy analysis examining Personal Health Records and the privacy issues associated with them. This analysis, Personal Health Records: Why Many PHRs Threaten Privacy, was prepared by Robert Gellman for the World Privacy Forum. The analysis finds that significant, serious threats to privacy exist in some PHRs.

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Maybe patients can use contract law to enhance the privacy of their health records. http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2008/02/contracts-for-patient-privacy.html

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