Privacy concerns mount over Google, Cleveland Clinic PHR pilot
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, March 3, 2008
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Google, Inc.T, will begin storing the medical records of several thousand Cleveland Clinic patients in a pilot project that is already causing concerns regarding the volume of sensitive data entrusted to the popular Internet search engine, according to a February 21 Associated Press (AP) article.
The pilot will involve 1,500 to 10,000 patients who volunteered have their personal health records (PHRs) electronically transferred for retrieval through Google, the AP reported. The project will not be open to the general public.
Health profiles will include information about allergies, medical histories, and prescriptions. Password protection will be similar to that required for use of other Google services, such as e-mail and personalized search tools, the article stated.
Google already processes millions of requests for health information and views this expansion into health records management as a logical move, but the venture is raising concerns among those who think Google already knows too much about its users' interests and habits, the AP reported.
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