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Healthcare Security Weekly, May 2, 2005
Medical records experts say that people who use Internet services to store and manage their health records may be risking the sale of their private information, reports United Press International.
Companies soon will offer public health record services as a convenient tool to healthcare consumers who move often, change doctors frequently, or need to obtain records quickly in an emergency.
Experts, however, say that federal medical confidentiality laws may not cover the services. The services could sell the information to pharmaceutical companies looking to market new products, and to researchers studying health trends.
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