Comments on: And Another Online PHR Survey – Results http://chilmarkresearch.com/2008/05/12/and-another-online-phr-survey-results/ Providing perspective on key IT trends in the healthcare sector Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:41:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John http://chilmarkresearch.com/2008/05/12/and-another-online-phr-survey-results/#comment-717 John Thu, 15 May 2008 19:21:37 +0000 http://hitanalyst.wordpress.com/?p=201#comment-717 Dr Bonis, Finally decided to let this comment slip through, but do encourage you in the future to talk about the issues without the veiled advertising (which I have done to a number of your posts in the past). Valid questions and maybe another vendor will chime in to answer/respond as to why they ask for this information. Dr Bonis,
Finally decided to let this comment slip through, but do encourage you in the future to talk about the issues without the veiled advertising (which I have done to a number of your posts in the past).

Valid questions and maybe another vendor will chime in to answer/respond as to why they ask for this information.

]]> By: Dr Bonis http://chilmarkresearch.com/2008/05/12/and-another-online-phr-survey-results/#comment-711 Dr Bonis Wed, 14 May 2008 18:17:14 +0000 http://hitanalyst.wordpress.com/?p=201#comment-711 "Nearly 50% believe Privacy/Security issues are the biggest hurdle to adoption. This may be an issue but as I have said before, personally believe this is a red herring" All the polls done with real users (and not technologists) show that privacy is the main concern. The question is: Why do the PHRs companies ask for your name or email? do they need it for giving a service? Why not a anonymous personal health record as keyose.com? A identified PHR is like a liflong mortage! http://blog.keyose.com/2008/05/13/a-identified-phr-is-like-a-lifelong-mortage/ “Nearly 50% believe Privacy/Security issues are the biggest hurdle to adoption. This may be an issue but as I have said before, personally believe this is a red herring”

All the polls done with real users (and not technologists) show that privacy is the main concern.

The question is: Why do the PHRs companies ask for your name or email? do they need it for giving a service?

Why not a anonymous personal health record as keyose.com?

A identified PHR is like a liflong mortage!

http://blog.keyose.com/2008/05/13/a-identified-phr-is-like-a-lifelong-mortage/

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