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Publication: Insurance Networking News: Executive Strategies for Technology Management
Date: Friday, June 1 2007

U.S. CONSUMERS WANT CONTROL OF E-HEALTH RECORDS

Americans show a strong interest in controlling their own electronic medical records, according to a national survey released at a health IT conference.

Adults favor providers (51% over 17%) and insurance carriers (68% over 16%) who use electronic medical records over those who do not, indicates a study by StrategyOne, a New York-based independent public opinion research company, on behalf of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente.

The study also confirms that while 12% of Americans review their me

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WELLPOINT SET TO PUT MEDICAL RECORDS ONLINE

In one the largest private-sector efforts to move personal medical information into the digital age, the 34 million members of WellPoint, the nation's largest health insurer, will be able to access their health records online.

National standards established to protect patients' personal medical records

The Nation's first-ever standards for protecting the privacy of Americans' personal health records were announced on December 20, 2000. The new regulation will protect medical records and other personal health information maintained by health care providers, hospitals, health plans and health insurers, and health care clearinghouses. "For the first time, ......

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Reaping the benefits of electronic medical record systems.

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