Google stays mum on EHR privacy provisions of stimulus bill

27.02.2009

"Google and Microsoft and medical records companies are now accountable in the way HIPAA providers are," Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog told The Industry Standard. "Heretofore these guys had no accountability."

Google, a major player in the electronic medical records field, declined a request for an interview. But in a from last month, Google attorney Pablo Chavez said the company was in support of strong privacy protections of medical records.