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A Legal and Policy Analysis – Personal Health Records: Why Many PHRs Threaten Privacy

The World Privacy Forum – A Legal and Policy Analysis – Personal Health Records: Why Many PHRs Threaten Privacy, Prepared by Robert Gellman for the World Privacy Forum, February 20, 2008

  • “This document offers a legal and policy analysis of the privacy consequences for consumer health information stored on or by Personal Health Records systems that are not subject to the HIPAA health privacy rule. This document does not analyze the potential of PHRs for affecting the cost of health care in general. Unless specifically noted in the text, the term PHR in this document refers to PHR records and systems that are not subject to HIPAA.”
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