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Dossia, Microsoft HealthVault & Google Health:
Illegal in NJ?

Gilles Frydman | June 7, 2009

In the last few days the announcement of a proposed NJ state law has made the Internet rounds. “· On or after January 1, 2011, no person or entity is permitted to sell, offer for sale, give, furnish, or otherwise distribute to any person or entity in this State a health information technology product that [...]

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Cyberchondria: Old Wine in New Bottles

Susannah Fox | December 2, 2008

Just before Thanksgiving, Microsoft released a study entitled, “Cyberchondria: Studies of the Escalation of Medical Concerns in Web Search.” Ryen White and Eric Horvitz took advantage of a data set that few people have access to (log files from Microsoft’s Live Search engine and MSN Health and Fitness) as well as a survey of 515 [...]

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