A revised, downsized plan to launch a national database of certain federal healthcare claims data is being implemented despite ongoing concerns from privacy advocates.
The Department of Health and Human Services has published a proposed rule that describes privacy, security and many other standards for web-based state insurance exchanges called for under the healthcare reform law.
The threat of a HIPAA compliance audit could prove to be a powerful incentive for healthcare organizations to take adequate precautions to safeguard patient information.
More organizations that run health information exchanges are offering patients the opportunity to provide more specific levels of consent for the exchange of their records, a new survey by the advocacy group eHealth Initiative shows.
We all know the cost of regulatory compliance - how expensive it can be to meet the standards of HIPAA, HITECH and other industry guidelines. But two organizations this week learned hard lessons about the cost of non-compliance.
Maimonides Medical Center uses new technology to help it monitor electronic access to patient information to guard against snooping and comply with HIPAA.
The controversial Accounting of Disclosures Rule is the subject of intense debate. Don't miss your opportunity to make your opinions known to federal authorities.
A pilot project at a Southern California health information exchange is testing whether patient identifiers can make it easier to match patients to their records from multiple organizations.
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Organizations' biggest obstacles to privacy protection are the organizations themselves - specifically, their silos - says Dr. Ann Cavoukian, proponent of the new concept, Privacy by Redesign.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology plans to hire a contractor to conduct research on electronically obtaining patient consent for health information exchange.
In a case weighing privacy vs. free speech, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a Vermont law that requires physicians to give their consent before information about their prescription-writing habits can be sold to help market prescription drugs.
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