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Confidentiality, Privacy & Security Workgroup

At its May 16, 2006, American Health Information Community (the Community) meeting, Community members approved a recommendation to create a new cross-cutting consumer empowerment group comprised of privacy, security, clinical, and technology experts. HHS decided to act on this recommendation and establish a new workgroup, that includes members from the Community's Consumer Empowerment, Chronic Care, and Electronic Health Records Workgroups. along with additional experts in security and confidentiality, technology, clinical care, and the consumer perspective. It was further decided, given the visibility and importance of this cross-cutting issue, to create the new Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup to advise the Community in a manner similar to the four original workgroups. The meetings of this workgroup are public and meeting materials are available to the public.

Charges will help the Community make recommendations based on the most complete information.


Broad Charge for the Workgroup:

Make recommendations to the Community regarding the protection of personal health information in order to secure trust, and support appropriate interoperable electronic health information exchange.


Specific Charge for the Workgroup:

Make actionable confidentiality, privacy, and security recommendations to the Community on specific policies that best balance the needs between appropriate information protection and access to support, and accelerate the implementation of the consumer empowerment, chronic care, and electronic health record related breakthroughs.


Recommendation Letters Presented to AHIC:


Workgroup Member List:

Member Organization
Co-Chairs  
Kirk Nahra Wiley Rein LLP
Deven McGraw Center for Democracy & Technology
ONC Director  
Jodi Daniel HHS/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Members  
Sylvia Au Hawaii Department of Health
Steven Davis Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Jill Callahan Dennis American Health Information Management Association
Don Detmer American Medical Informatics Association
Flora Terrell Hamilton Family and Medical Counseling Service, Inc.
John Houston University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Susan McAndrew HHS/Office for Civil Rights
David McDaniel Department of Veterans Affairs/Veterans Health Administration
Alison Rein AcademyHealth
Leslie Shaffer Department of Defense, TRICARE Management Activity
Tony Trenkle HHS/Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Paul Uhrig SureScripts, LLC
Thomas Wilder America’s Health Insurance Plans
  last updated on 10/9/07


Upcoming Meetings of the Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security Workgroup:

  • Thursday, September 11, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T. [This meeting has been canceled]
  • Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.
  • Thursday, November 20, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.