Dr. Deborah Peel will be a panelist at the World Congress 2nd Annual Leadership Summit on HITECH and HIPAA: Compliance Management.

The Details:

When: Friday, March 26, 2010 11:15am-12:00pm EST
Where: Washington, DC
Panel Discussion: Are we implementing a Health Information System the Public Wants? Do we know what patients want?

• Do patients have a right not to have physicians disclose their health information?
• Are physicians operating in the best interest of the patient when using patient health information without the patient’s consent?
• Hear patient advocate position on how to ensure health information technology improves quality of care, reduces costs and can have a positive effect on health care.

Other panelists include Jim C. Pyles and Chris Calabrese with the ACLU.