A group of technology companies, health care providers, insurers, and consumers groups have endorsed a personal health record (PHR) framework that would increase privacy and consumer control, according to a June 25 Connecting for Health press release.
Connecting for Health is a public-private collaboration that developed the PHR framework with input from the Markle Foundation.
The framework includes four overviews and 14 specific technology and policy approaches for consumers to perform the following functions:
- Access health services
- Obtain and control copies of personal health information
- Authorize sharing of personal health information with others
- Review sound privacy and security practices
“This collaboration lays out specific practices that all PHRs and related services can use, whether they are covered by federal privacy rules or not, so they can enhance public trust,” Steve Findlay, a healthcare analyst for Consumers Union, said in the press release.
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