Health Affairs, 28, no. 2 (2009): 415 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.415 © 2009 by Project HOPE	New Online   Senate Health Reform Bill   Rewarding Providers   Public Option Policy Brief   Health Reform & Abortion   Delivery System Reform

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Patients’ Privacy And Data Security

Key questions in the spread of health information technology (IT) include how much public support will be needed to make it happen—and how much "buy-in" will occur if people fear that their health information won’t be adequately protected. Knowingly or not, Americans have relaxed or even given up their privacy expectations in many spheres; hence the relative ease with which you can view someone’s home on Google or steal a person’s identity by gaining ready access to a Social Security number over the Internet. But health and health care are different, and many people still want and expect their health . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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