NY Times article warns about health record storage


	NY Times article warns about health record storage

TexasTaylor

4-17-2008 9:41 AM

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privacy, healthcare, electronic records

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Two researchers who are also proponents of electronic records warn of the dangers of having companies like Microsoft and Google serves and the hosts of these vast storehouses of information. And with good reason!

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