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Abstract #167023

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Joy Pritts, JD, Health Policy Institute, Center on Medical Records Rights, Georgetown University, P.O. Box 57144, Washington, DC 20057-1458, 202-687-4039, jlp@georgetown.edu

As we move rapidly toward the electronic exchange of information and the creation of a national health infrastructure, it is crucial that the privacy of health information not be compromised in the interest of expediency. Privacy protections must ensure that standards for disclosing health information are in place for everyone who receives or creates identifiable health information. federeal law should also ensure that those who improperly obtain and disclose health information are subject to civil and criminal penalties. This presentation will discuss whether, and how, such a system will be able to accomodate the various legal rectrictions on disclosing what is generally considered to be potentially sensitive information.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe and discuss the impact and impications for the privacy of health information.
• Describe and discuss the gaps in privacy protection.
• Describe and discuss the privacy protections that need to be expanded to ensure that standards for disclosing health information are in place for everyone who receives or creates identifiable health information.

Keywords: Health Information Systems, Patient Perspective

Related Web page: hpi.georgetown.edu/privacy/records.html

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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