New whitepaper explores key components of data segmentation in Health information
A new whitepaper recently released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of the US Department of Health and Human Services, authored by faculty and researchers at The George Washington University's Department of Health Policy and researchers at AcademyHealth, explores key components of data segmentation, circumstances for its use, associated benefits and challenges, various applied approaches, and the current legal environment surrounding data segmentation in the area of health information exchange.
Giant search engine server, Google, has launched an online health service, where you can store your health information including past and current medications, health conditions, etc and it will keep your doctors up-to-date about your health.