PHR Exec: Providers, payers block patient data access

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An executive at a software firm for personal health records recently told federal officials that too often, providers and payers use privacy and security issues as excuses to not permit patients access to their own information.

On Dec. 3, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Federal Trade Commission held a public roundtable to hash out PHR issues.

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