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Article: Barriers to adoption of electronic personal health records outlined.
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- March 29, 2009
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Interest in personal health records as an electronic tool to manage health information is increasing dramatically. A group led by a UCSF researcher has identified cost, privacy concerns, design shortcomings and difficulties sharing information across different organizations as critical barriers hindering broad implementation of electronic personal health records.
The barriers are discussed in a paper appearing in the March-April 2009 issue of the journal "Health Affairs."
"It is imperative that these barriers hampering adoption of personal health records be addressed. We do not have the 'best of breed' yet, but I do believe that if we encourage nimble ...