This is a bit of what I call an oxymoron...is it just the fine print about HIPAA we are concerned about...and where is HIPAA these days...with all the security breaches all over the place with medical information I don't see any fines being levied...and I do have to reflect back to an earlier story here...about the government and Congress asking the tech industry for help with security...did they turn to folks like Microsoft and perhaps Google too for help? In the defense of Microsoft, I can't say there is anyone else out there who has been as 
large of a target for security, thus it can't help but make them better...not to mention their full line of personal and server security products....client/server and now many web based...I guess now we are just waiting for some fine print? At this point I can't see where a HIPAA regulation going to make or break the bank...it's a matter of each individual taking care of their own health records in which ever manner they choose, be your own HIPAA with your health records...BD
In an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, two leading researchers warn that the entry of big companies like Microsoft and Google into the field of personal health records could drastically alter the practice of clinical research and raise new challenges to the privacy of patient records.
But the authors see a need for safeguards, suggesting a mixture of federal regulation — perhaps extending HIPAA to online patient record hosts — contract relationships, certification standards and consumer education programs.
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