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Assumptions
- Decisions about how to protect the privacy and security of health information should be made at the local level
- Stakeholders at the state and community levels, including patients and consumers, must be involved in identifying the challenges and developing solutions to achieve broad-based acceptance
- Discussions need to take place to develop an understanding of the current landscape and the variation that exists between organizations within each state, and ultimately across the nation
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