The Rise of the Personal Health Record
The October edition of the a href=”http://www.healthlawyers.org/Template.cfm?Section=Health_Lawyers_News1amp;Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfmamp;TPLID=7amp;ContentID=3817″Health Lawyers News/a, a publication of the a href=”http://www.healthlawyers.org/”American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)/a, contains an article I co-authored with a href=”http://www.gpmlaw.com/professionals/gerald-e-deloss.aspx”Jud DeLoss/a, a principal in the law firm of Gray Plant Mooty, who blogs at a href=”http://mnhit.blogspot.com/”Minnesota Health IT/a. On the eve of the a href=”http://www.health2con.com/”Health 2.0 Conference/a next week the article provides a look at some of the legal issues around PHRs.br /br /The article, a href=”http://www.gpmlaw.com/uploadedFiles/Resources/Articles/Personal-Health-Record_HLN-DeLoss10-2008%20.pdf”iThe Rise of the Personal Health Record: Panacea or Pitfall for Health Information (pdf version)/i/a, provides an introductory background on the changing world of PHRs, highlights Health 2.0 and covers some of the legal implications and compliance issues for PHRs. We are working on a longer and more detailed analysis that will be turned into a Member Briefing for the a href=”http://www.healthlawyers.org/Template.cfm?Section=Resources3″Health Information and Technology Practice Group/a. I would appreciate your posting a comment on topics or legal implications that we might consider covering in the full Member Briefing.br /br /If you are a health lawyer, law student interested in health law or otherwise interested in the the legal aspects of the health care industry and not already a member of a href=”http://www.healthlawyers.org/”AHLA/a — think about joining. […]
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