In the year since the breach notification rule for personal health records took effect, no major breaches affecting 500 or more individuals have been reported, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
Researchers soon will offer recommendations on best practices for de-identifying data for research studies to protect patient privacy, a security issue highlighted in the HITECH Act.
A governmentwide coordination council soon will make recommendations on healthcare security issues, said David Blumenthal, the Department of Health and Human Services' national coordinator for health information technology.
Federal officials are still months away from submitting an overdue report to Congress on privacy and security requirements for personal health records vendors, which are not covered by HIPAA.
Looking for a checklist of common-sense steps federal regulators should take to ensure the privacy and security of patient information? Look no further.
In Cincinnati, one of the nation's oldest health information exchanges studies the best way to give patients control over their data. Meanwhile, in Washington state, pilot projects test the health record bank approach.
A privacy and security "tiger team" will continue to meet this fall to draft recommendations on a number of issues related to the exchange of patient records.
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