“The framework below proposes a set of practices that, when taken together, encourage appropriate handling of personal health information as it flows to and from personal health records (PHRs) and similar applications or supporting services. Click on the individual documents below to read descriptions and to view or download them as PDF documents. Or, download the entire Common Framework in PDF. The Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information: Overview and Principles provides background on the documents and how they relate to each other. All resources are available free of charge.

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• Connecting for Health also has released a separate but related Common Framework of policy and technology resources for privacy and security in internet-based networks connecting medical professionals from different institutions and clinics.. Go to the Connecting Professionals Main Page”