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Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield.


Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. , the primary operating subsidiary An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock.  of WellChoice Inc., has expanded the functionality of its online personal health record, My Health Record, to allow Empire members to provide their doctors with access to their record via the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
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Launched in June 2005, My Health Record is a secure, Internet-based health record that's controlled by the member and gathers and stores extensive individual medical information.
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Title Annotation:My Health Record
Author:Chordas, Lori
Publication:Best's Review
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jan 1, 2006
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