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Independent Health Record Trust Act of 2007

To improve the availability of health information and the provision of health care by encouraging the creation, use, and maintenance of lifetime electronic health records of individuals in independent health record trusts and by providing a secure and privacy-protected framework in which such records are made available only by the affirmative consent of such individuals and are used to build a nationwide health information technology infrastructure.

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7/11/2007--Introduced.
Independent Health Record Trust Act of 2007 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe standards for the establishment, certification, operation, and interoperability of independent health record trusts (IHRTs).
Establishes a fiduciary duty req... moreSee Full Bill Text

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July 11, 2007
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May 20, 2008 Google Health Records - a new chapter for PHRs and e-Health

And then there is the government as the potential custodian of health records - some legislative efforts are already under way, like HR 2991. The innovative moves of google and Microsoft, based on questionable business models by ...

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Source: Joerg Schwarz on Health Care


November 07, 2007 News 11/7/07

From Clarisse O’Shaughnessy: “Re: CCHIT. Here’s a new article on inpatient EHRs.” Link. CCHIT announces the first six inpatient clinical systems to earn its approval: CPSI, Eclipsys, Epic, and HMS. Two products were given conditional approval wait

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October 29, 2007 Federal legislation promoting Health Data Banks, sponsored by Rep ...

Does anyone have any updates? SV HR2991 Title: To improve the availability of health information and the provision of health care by encouraging the creation, use, and maintenance of lifetime electronic health records of individuals in.

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