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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

This year there was job posting for a HIPAA compliance lead for the Alexa team. TPA Amazon realizes that they could significantly lower the costs of administrative services by solving interoperability. Google started a health-records initiative in 2008, but shut it down by 2011, citing poor adoption.

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How Do Patient Portals and Personal Health Records Differ?

Lloyd Price

TETHERED PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS VERSUS PATIENT PORTALS A tethered PHR, as defined by the ONC, is an online interface tied to an EHR with which patients may view and sometimes interact with their health data. Google launched its standalone PHR, Google Health, back in 2008 as health IT began to gain traction through government incentives.