From the article: "In considering whether to participate in a health
information exchange, patients want to know whether their clinical information
will be shared with their insurance company and whether their more sensitive
information, in addition to routine patient information, will be included.
They also want to know whether, once they have opted into a health information exchange, they can ever opt back out.
These were the findings of a survey of patients at four
healthcare organizations in western New York state who participated in the
eConsent Trial Project sponsored by HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology." Read more