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Privacy and Security

HHS' strategy for addressing the complex issues related to privacy and security stem from three main stakeholders: State government, Federal government, and the Private Sector.

Medical Identity Theft Town Hall Plans Underway;
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To learn more, visit ONC Commissioned Medical Identity Theft Assessment.

The ONC-Coordinated
Federal Health IT Strategic Plan:
2008-2012

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Upcoming Events

HL7 22nd Plenary and Working Group Meeting
Vancouver, B.C.
September 14 - 19, 2008
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AHIC September Meeting
Washington, DC
September 23, 2008
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Personal Experiences

"We have hospitals in Afghanistan and Iraq, and many of the soldiers would arrive without records in Germany, with no record of the CAT scans or what happened in surgery in Afghanistan or Iraq. The clinicians in Germany would have to re-operate on the patient, would have to redo all their x-ray evaluations, CAT scans, etc...." ~ Colonel John Holcomb

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