In an effort to help members of the health IT community better understand the federal laws relating to interoperability, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, has published a revised Guide to Privacy and Security of Electronic Health Information. Originally published in 2011, the updated document includes new insights about privacy- and security-related issues that will help providers, health IT professionals, vendors, and the public at large understand the different potentially applicable federal laws and incentive programs and how they fit together
Tag Archives: Interoperability
Interoperability and Privacy are Buzzwords at 2015 ONC Annual Meeting
Federal health IT leaders emphasized interoperability and computable privacy during the two-day Annual Meeting of the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, which took place on February 2 and 3. Over 1,200 participants representing viewpoints across the healthcare spectrum attended the meeting in Washington, D.C. The meeting built on momentum from last week’s release of ONC’s draft Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap, as well as several high-profile announcements reinforcing the Obama Administration’s commitment to interoperability and privacy.
OECD Issues Revised Privacy Guidelines: Focus on Need for Interoperability
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released a revision of its 1980 Privacy Guidelines. The fundamental elements of the original guidelines, the Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs), remain in place, but the OECD recognizes the revolutionary changes in technology since the first OECD Guidelines, and the importance of the digital economy and […]
Blogging from IAPP London: BCRs Key to Accountability and Interoperability
Are BCRs the key to global interoperability? Some think so at the IAPP London conference. This post discusses opinions from conference presenters — will BCRs will become more and more popular as corporations implement new accountability measures, or will they fade under the weight of continued bureaucracy?
White House Announces New Privacy Framework Including Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
The White House released its long-awaited Privacy “White Paper” that outlines the Obama Administration’s proposal for a new American privacy framework, which consists of four key elements: (1) a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights; (2) a multi-stakeholder process to determine how these rights will apply in specific business contexts; (3) an effective enforcement model; and (4) greater interoperability between the privacy frameworks of the United States and its international partners.