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In a recent shift in the health information landscape, large corporations are seeking an integral and transformative role in the management of health care information. The mechanism by which this transformation is likely to take place is through the creation of computer platforms that will enable patients to manage health data in personally controlled health records (PCHRs). Two types of large corporations are involved. Technology companies such as Google and Microsoft see business opportunities,¹ whereas Fortune 100 companies in their role as employers^2,3 see efficiencies and cost savings when patients can securely store, access, augment, and share their own copy . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Information Landscape

Key Issues for Clinical Research

Regulation of PCHR-Based Research

Opportunities and Challenges

Source Information

From the Children's Hospital Informatics Program at the Harvard–Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Children's Hospital Boston; and the Center for Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School — both in Boston.

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