A report from PatientPrivacyRights.org spells out exactly what those of us concerned with personal health records (PHRs) have known all along -- if you value your privacy, you won't put your own health information online.
Patient Privacy Rights has put together a report card for PHRs. From Google Health to Microsoft Health Vault to WebMD and others -- you may be putting your privacy, and therefore your health and even your job, at risk. The website explains it best:
Certain PHRs can allow employers, insurers, researchers, marketing corporations, hospitals, drug companies, and government agencies, etc. to access all the information in your PHR without getting your explicit informed consent. There are no laws today that prevent anyone from designing a PHR that you do not control. That is why it is SO critical to know which PHRs keep you in control of access to your health information.
If you want to keep your health information private, either consider only the securest of PHRs to do so -- or just keep it on your own computer and not open to the Internet.
Learn more about PHRs, their pros and cons.
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