Writing for CNNMoney.com, IBM's Vice President Security Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer Harriet Pearson cautions that the billions of dollars being spent on the development of a national health information network may be undermined if the network is not built with proper consideration for information security and patient privacy. "Without trust in the security and privacy of the electronic networks," Pearson writes, " the vital exchange of information and the ambitious federal goal of electronic health records for all Americans by 2014 will be stymied."
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