Two decades ago, some of the biggest names in tech attempted to transform how individuals manage their health data. Microsoft’s HealthVault and Google Health both launched with bold ambitions: to ...
It is important for health care providers and their lawyers to understand Personal Health Records (“PHRs”) and how they relate to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). A ...
In five years, the privacy debate over personal health records will be over, and you and I will be storing our medical records at a central location. Why? Because the benefits of better care and less ...
Two thousand years ago, physicians in Egypt documented their patients’ symptoms and treatments on papyrus scrolls. These early medical records served a simple, localized purpose: they supported direct ...