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U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia |
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Title: Private Health Records: Privacy Implications of the Federal Government's Health Information Technology Initiative |
Date: 2/1/07 |
Time (EST): 2:30 PM |
Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342 |
In 2004, President Bush called for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and implement a strategic plan to guide the nationwide implementation of Health Information Technology (HIT). The plan also called for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to leverage its power with the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to increase the use of HIT.
This hearing will review the efforts of HHS to integrate privacy into the HIT national infrastructure and OPM’s efforts to expand the use of HIT through the FEHBP and the impact such actions have on federal employees’ health information privacy.
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Member
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Witnesses
Testimony
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Panel 1
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Dr.
Rob Kolodner
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, Interim National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Mr.
Daniel Green
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, Deputy Associate Director, Center for Employee and Family Support Policy
, Office of Personnel Management
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Panel 2
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Mr.
David Powner
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, Director of Information Technology Management Issues
, Government Accountability Office
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Accompanied by: Ms.
Linda Koontz
, Director of Information Management Issues
, Government Accountability Office
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Mr.
Mark Rothstein
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, Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine; and Director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law
, University of Louisville School of Medicine
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Dr.
Carol Diamond
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, Managing Director
, Markle Foundation
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