The Coalition for Patient Privacy urges the Department of Health and Human Services to revise and repeal the interim final rule (IFR) establishing requirements for notification of breaches of unsecured protected health information.
“We are dismayed and disappointed with the IFR, particularly with the inclusion of a ‘harm standard’. HHS went far beyond the intent [...]
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Safeguards Need to Be Part of Funding for Implementation of Health IT
Systems in Economic Stimulus Package
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
January 14, 2009
Contact: Ashley Katz, Patient Privacy Rights, (512) 732-0033, akatz {at} patientprivacyrights(.)org
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Urging Privacy Protections with Health IT
Privacy safeguards are needed if funds are to be provided for
implementation of health IT systems in economic stimulus package
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 14, 2009
Contact: Ashley Katz, Patient Privacy Rights, (512) 897-6390, akatz {at} patientprivacyrights(.)org
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Safeguards Need to Be Part of Funding for Implementation of Health IT
Systems in Economic Stimulus Package
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES
January 13, 2009
Contact: Ashley Katz, Patient Privacy Rights, (512) 732-0033, akatz {at} patientprivacyrights(.)org
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What Could Be Scary About E-Prescribing? Plenty.
Washington, DC
Twenty five organizations, including the ACLU, the Republican Liberty Caucus, the American Council for the Blind and the National Association of Social Workers joined forces via the Coalition for Patient Privacy to urge Congress to include privacy protections in any federal electronic prescribing legislation. Read the Coalition’s letter [...]
