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HHS head calls for voluntary e-health privacy guidelines

Posted on December 15, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Bob Brewin reports:

The head of the Health and Human Services Department called for the health care industry to develop voluntary guidelines to ensure the privacy of patient-controlled personal health records rather than allow the federal government to mandate rules.

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, speaking Monday at the Nationwide Health Information Network Forum in Washington, said if the government mandated how vendors must protect the privacy of personal electronic health records, then he would not see widespread adoption of e-health records “in my lifetime.”

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4 thoughts on “HHS head calls for voluntary e-health privacy guidelines”

  1. Anonymous says:
    December 20, 2008 at 5:30 am

    wll these guidelines are really a big necessity.

  2. Anonymous says:
    December 23, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    “well these guidelines are really a big necessity.”

    yeah they really are

  3. Anonymous says:
    December 27, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    How old is Mike Leavitt anyways? when his time frame is “my lifetime” i really hope thats sooner than later.

  4. Anonymous says:
    December 27, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    According to Wikipedia, he’s almost 58. So maybe that’s sooner rather than later.

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