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Health Records Shared Online Pose Dilemma
www.insurancenewsnet.com After being diagnosed with Lyme disease, former Amazon.com senior executive Keith Schorsch wanted to find others dealing with the illness, and he thought the Internet could help him make those connections.
The experience led to the recent launch of Trusera, a Web site that lets people record and share their health stories.
Schorsch is part of a new wave of Internet entrepreneurs who are applying some of the Web's best-known tools - social networks, blogs and search engines - to the potentially lucrative task of helping consumers make better decisions about their health care.
But the growing buzz is being tempered by worries that personal medical information posted on Web sites could be compromised.
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