Privacy Laws Remain Hurdle To Utilizing Personalized Medicine Through HIT
Executive Summary
Privacy laws need to be updated to get the most out of personalized medicine when channeled through health information technology, including the ability to analyze personal information for research purposes and the provision of data to patients to better inform decision about their own care.
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