Privacy

The release of two notices of proposed rulemaking on the incentive program for the Meaningful Use of electronic health record technology marks ...

Markle Connecting for Health collaborators respond to HHS's request for information on PCAST's report on health IT.

Comments emphasize that government-sanctioned testing and certification have important roles as well as limitations in achieving the objectives of the public investments in health IT.

Markle Connecting for Health and the Center for Democracy and Technology focus on the need for objective standards for judging whether a data breach presents significant risk.

Markle Foundation recommends a full complement of privacy and information access policies in its response to the Federal health IT office's draft on consumer consent requirements.

Claudia Williams' testimony before the Health IT Policy Committee on privacy, public trust, and the architecture choices to support trusted information sharing.

Markle, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and others comment on the new federal health data breach notification provisions to be ...

In comments on the HHS federal health data breach notification provisions, Markle, CDT and collaborators recommend that HHS embrace a comprehensive set of information-sharing policies that include strong oversight and accountability mechanisms, adoption of trusted network design characteristics and the implementation of core privacy principles in addition to the technologies and methodologies listed in the guidance. 

Markle proposes a set of principles for getting health IT right under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

This brief outlines critical attributes and expectations for health IT investments.