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Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Today's approach to Privacy

Participants in the MidSouth eHealth Alliance
- are allowed the use of the data for designated Participants for the purposed of treatment and diagnosis only.
- signed a Registration Agreement that designates them as a Data Provider and/or a Data Recipient.
- signed a Data Sharing Agreement.
- have a vote on the policy committee known as the Operations Committee
  - Policy is recommended by the Operations Committee to the Board and the Board approves it.
Patients who seek their care from Participants in the MidSouth eHealth Alliance -
- are notified that their clinical data could be shared with the MidSouth eHealth Alliance..
- have the right to "Opt Out" of the system. It is assumed they are in the system until they "Opt Out".
We relied heavily on the Markle Connecting for Health Policy Framework