This Friday we’ll be discussing EHRs, PHRs, and online access to your health records.  The following (short) articles (and blog post) provide some useful background:

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/blog/google-ceo-eyes-national-ehr-database 

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/06/is-one-company-about-to-lock-up-the-electronic-medical-records-market/258473/ 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/zinamoukheiber/2012/04/18/epic-systems-tough-billionaire/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2012/04/18/obamacare-billionaire-what-one-entrepreneurs-rise-says-about-the-future-of-medicine/ 

http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2012/06/13/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-meaningful-use/

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1203102