New HIPAA rules need more clarification
September 21st, 2010
Industry argues the rules are too strict, while we have already seen privacy enhancing technologies that can do the job.
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Coalition Urges HHS To Restore Patient Control Over Access to Health Data NOW
September 14th, 2010
Now is the time to restore Americans' rights to control personal health information. Electronic health systems and data exchanges should work the way patients...
Your Medical Records Aren’t Secure
September 13th, 2010
4/24/10 A patient's sensitive information should not be shared without his consent. But this is not the case now, as the country moves toward...
Consumer Advocate: Patient Consent Vital
September 3rd, 2010
Deborah Peel, M.D., founder of Patient Privacy Rights, on protecting the privacy of healthcare information.
The Case for Informed Consent
August 31st, 2010
Patient Privacy Rights releases white paper making the Case for Informed Consent with Health IT
What do we think of the new recommendations?
August 20th, 2010
The Tiger Team continues to make policy recommendations that clearly violate the law and the Administration's new privacy policies.
Health IT group drafts privacy recommendations
August 19th, 2010
Tiger Team releases their proposal on how to handle your most personal information based on "fair information practices" from 1973.
HHS Withdraws Controversial Breach Notification Rule under HITECH
August 4th, 2010
HHS finally heard all the demands, and retracted the final rule for more consideration.
HHS quietly withdraws HIPAA breach-notification rule
August 2nd, 2010
Following a firestorm of criticism from privacy advocates... HHS has without fanfare withdrawn its HIPAA "breach notification" final rule that had been submitted to...
Insecurities Plague Electronic Health Care
July 16th, 2010
While EHRs project substantial savings, there is much more at risk requiring greater focus on privacy and security.