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Background
- Variation in privacy and security business practices, policies, and state laws creates a barrier to electronic clinical health information exchange
- Consumers, organizations, and state and federal entities share concerns related to maintaining the privacy and security of health information
- The existing paradigm for privacy and security protections does not fully accommodate active consumer participation in health information exchange
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