White House Rolls Out Health Record Download Tool

The Obama administration's White House Office of Science and Technology Policy formally unveiled a Web tool that will enable seniors and veterans to download their PHRs (personal health records) to a PC or storage device and maintain control over information sharing with health care providers

Following the unveiling of the Blue Button, came the results of Markle's Survey on Health in a Networked Life 2010, which shows approximately two out of three people surveyed (both patients and doctors) believed that people should have the ability to download their PHR.

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