[Med-privacy] Markle survey

[Peter Marshall]

*** Most Americans Want Electronic Health Data, But Concerned
     About Privacy ***

Americans overwhelmingly want to have electronic copies of their=20
medical records and believe that having greater access to their=20
information will reduce medical mistakes and costly repeat procedures,=20=

according to a new survey commissioned by the Markle Foundation. But=20
eight in 10 Americans are very concerned about identity theft or fraud=20=

and the possibility of their data being used by marketers without their=20=

permission =96 with three-quarters of those surveyed saying the=20
government has a role in establishing privacy and confidentiality=20
protections for electronic health information. The findings were=20
released last week at the Connecting Americans to Their Healthcare=20
conference in Washington, DC.

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http://www.hipaadvisory.com/news/newsarchives/2006/1207markle.htm