AHIC workgroup focuses on privacy
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, December 4, 2006
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The American Health Information Community (AHIC) should create policies to require consumer authorization of each use of data from a personal health record (PHR) or electronic health record and develop guidelines for releasing data to third parties according to AHIC's Consumer Empowerment Workgroup. The group also recommends that the organization pilot an education campaign about PHR benefits and HIPAA privacy rights.
Other suggestions on the group's list of recommendations include the following:
- Work for legal/regulatory changes to remove interoperability barriers
- Conduct research on the functionality needed by consumers
- Create incentives for adoption by consumers, providers, purchasers, or payers
The workgroup's mission is to make recommendations to AHIC with the goal of widespread adoption of a PHR that is easy-to-use, portable, longitudinal, affordable, and consumer-centered.
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