Law and Policy in Telemedicine

Privacy Links

• Administrative simplification: Standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information
  From the Federal Register. Vol. 64, No. 212. Links and information about HIPAA.
• EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center
  EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
• Final HIPAA Rule
  The final HIPAA security rule passed February 20, 2003.
• Health Privacy Project
  The Health Privacy Project is dedicated to raising public awareness of the importance of ensuring health privacy in order to improve health care access and quality, both on an individual and a community level.
• HIPAA Central
  From Siemens Health Services, information about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Model State Public Health Privacy Project
  The project sought to develop a model state law addressing privacy and confidentiality issues arising from the collection, use, and dissemination of health information by public health departments at the state and local levels, with special consideration of HIV/AIDS status.
• Office for Civil Rights Privacy Listserv
  The OCR has established a listserv to inform the public about Privacy Rule FAQs, guidance, and technical assistance materials.
• Office for Civil Rights: HIPAA
  Posted on the Department of Health and Human Services Web site in October 2002, this site offers an FAQ about HIPAA, as well as the complete text for the privacy rule.

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