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01/18/12 - Re: Health Industry Under-Prepared to Protect Patient Privacy, Says PwC Report : Deborah C. Peel, MD / Patient Privacy Rights

Digitized health data is becoming one of the most highly valued assets in the health industry.

01/09/12 - Re: 2012: Time for Action on Health Privacy : Deborah C. Peel, MD - PPR / Deven McGraw - CDT

A leader in the HIT Policy Committee speaks out on HHS/ONC's lack of action regarding health privacy.

12/28/11 - Physician’s computers were stolen : Patrick Danner / MySanAntonio.com

Five computers containing medical and personal information of more than 3,000 patients were stolen from a Stone Oak physician's office in October.

01/18/12 - Re: Health Industry Under-Prepared to Protect Patient Privacy, Says PwC Report : Deborah C. Peel, MD / Patient Privacy Rights

Digitized health data is becoming one of the most highly valued assets in the health industry.

01/09/12 - Re: 2012: Time for Action on Health Privacy : Deborah C. Peel, MD - PPR / Deven McGraw - CDT

A leader in the HIT Policy Committee speaks out on HHS/ONC's lack of action regarding health privacy.

12/28/11 - Physician’s computers were stolen : Patrick Danner / MySanAntonio.com

Five computers containing medical and personal information of more than 3,000 patients were stolen from a Stone Oak physician's office in October.

01/18/12 - Re: Health Industry Under-Prepared to Protect Patient Privacy, Says PwC Report : Deborah C. Peel, MD / Patient Privacy Rights

Digitized health data is becoming one of the most highly valued assets in the health industry.

01/09/12 - Re: 2012: Time for Action on Health Privacy : Deborah C. Peel, MD - PPR / Deven McGraw - CDT

A leader in the HIT Policy Committee speaks out on HHS/ONC's lack of action regarding health privacy.

12/28/11 - Physician’s computers were stolen : Patrick Danner / MySanAntonio.com

Five computers containing medical and personal information of more than 3,000 patients were stolen from a Stone Oak physician's office in October.

12/02/11 - Leaders in Congress Call Out TRICARE & SAIC : Deborah C. Peel, MD / Patient Privacy Rights

Not securing military families' sensitive health data.

12/02/11 - House to Defense Top Doc: What’s Up With TRICARE Theft? : Bob Brewin / Nextgov

Sensitive military health information breached, and congress is appalled.

11/09/11 - Re: Study shows privacy of medical records is weaker in the U.S. : Mary Silver / The Epoch Times

Virginia Tech law professor warns that stronger safeguards for electronic health records are necessary

09/20/11 - Much Ado About Data Ownership : Barbara J. Evans /

06/27/11 - Hospitals Wary of Hackers Seek Insurance from AIG : Bloomberg News

Segment on EHRs and Patient Privacy features speaker from Health Privacy Summit Jim Pyles

09/03/10 - Consumer Advocate: Patient Consent Vital : Howard Anderson / HealthcareInfoSecurity.com

Deborah Peel, M.D., founder of Patient Privacy Rights, on protecting the privacy of healthcare information.

06/15/11 - Don’t bet on knowing your records’ whereabouts : Joseph Conn / ModernHealthcare.com

Joseph Conn writes about the Health Privacy Summit held in Washington, DC on June 13th, 2011

06/14/11 - Report from first health care privacy conference : Andy Oram / O'Reilly Media

This in depth article does a great job showing the different views and concerns surrounding privacy, the intricate discussion held during the Summit, and ideas that were discussed for the future.

05/11/11 - Press Release for Health Privacy Summit 2011 : Patient Privacy Rights / LBJ School at UT Austin

Announcing the Inaugural International Summit on Health Privacy June 13 in Washington, D.C.

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