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 [...]

MODERN HEALTHCARE MAGAZINE NAMES DEBORAH PEEL, MD, 72nd MOST POWERFUL PERSON, THE ONLY ADVOCATE TO MAKE THE LIST
Modern Healthcare magazine has named Dr. Deborah Peel, founder and chairman of Patient Privacy Rights, as number 72 on the list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare. For the second year in a row, Dr. [...]

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 [...]