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PHR Initiatives Raise Privacy Concerns, Legal Experts Say

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Recently, several large companies have launched personal health record initiatives aimed at helping consumers take more control of their health care, but some legal experts say that patients should be concerned about privacy because these companies are not covered by HIPAA medical privacy rules, Dow Jones Business News reports.

About 200 companies offer PHRs, according to experts. Last October, Microsoft launched a PHR platform, called HealthVault, and Google is testing its Google Health PHR with 1,500 patients at the Cleveland Clinic.

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