Category: Health Data

Tom Fahey writes in the Union Leader: A bill that would give patients specific privacy rights in electronic medical records is drawing opposition from hospitals and health providers. The bill due for a vote tomorrow tries to balance privacy concerns against the move to electronic medical records, which the health industry says will increase health…

Michael S. Gerber writes in the Washington Post: With hundreds of options, how do you choose a personal health record (PHR), assuming you’re so inclined? Here are some suggestions. For general information: The American Health Information Management Association runs myPHR.com, a Web site that provides information on personal health records. The site lists PHRs by…

Craig Stoltz writes in the Washington Post: Personal health records, or PHRs, were all the buzz at last week’s health-tech conference in San Diego — especially recent entries by Google and Microsoft that have the rest of the industry energized, focused and at least a little bit frightened. Bill Reid, director of Microsoft’s HealthVault program,…

From a CDT press release: Today the Center for Democracy & Technology (“CDT”) announces the launch of a major project on health privacy and information technology. To fulfill an ambitious agenda CDT is joining forces with the Health Privacy Project, which for ten years has been an independent organization headed by privacy pioneer Janlori Goldman….

From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, this media release: The Australian Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, has today issued new privacy guidance materials for medical practitioners and other health service providers and the public. “The new guidance materials are the culmination of an extensive consultation process by my Office, and offer health care professionals and…

Tim Martin of the Associated Press writes: Some adopted children would be able to get information about their biological family’s medical history and possibly copies of their original birth certificates when they become adults under bills that soon could be voted on in the Michigan House. Rep. Lisa Wojno, a Democrat from Warren and sponsor…