title: Will PHRs rule the waves or roll out with the tide?
abstract: Google, Microsoft and even Medicare are venturing into the brave new world of personal health records. These players will raise the visibility of the service, but questions linger over how secure the records are and if patients will actually use them.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Terry
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D016520:Entrepreneurship; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D033283:Patient Access to Records / Q000639:trends*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011639:Public Opinion