Guides
to Protecting Your Health Care Privacy
- Citizens'
Council on Health Care
A non-profit consumer privacy advocacy group, this
organization provides information on such issues
as medical confidentiality strategies, government
surveillance, immunization registries, government
smart cards, and much more.
- Electronic Privacy
Information Center (EPIC)
A public interest research center in Washington,
DC established in 1994 to "focus public attention
on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect
privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional
values." The section on Medical
Record Privacy is especially good.
- Health
Privacy Project
The best site for information on health privacy,
covering both state and federal legislation, analysis
of late-breaking news, and links to patient rights
groups, federal agencies, industry and provider
groups and state resources. Sponsored by the Institute
for Health Care Research and Policy.
- HIPAAdvisory
and Department
of Health and Human Services HIPAA Site are
two good sources to begin understanding the complex
issues involved in the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) which calls
for standardization of electronic patient health,
administrative and financial data; unique health
identifiers for individuals, employers, health plans
and health care providers; security standards protecting
the confidentiality and integrity of individually
identifiable health information, past, present or
future.
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