Terry, Ken. "New ONC Guide Explains EHR Privacy, Security to Providers." FierceHealthIT, May 8, 2012.
From the article: "Privacy and security take center stage in a new instructional guide unveiled by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT this week. The guide--a collaboration of ONC's Office of the Chief Privacy Officer and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Foundation--is designed to teach healthcare professionals about the roles of privacy and security in the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and in Meaningful Use.
The 47-page "Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information"
includes sections on Meaningful Use, security risk analysis, and working with
health IT vendors, as well as a privacy and security action plan. In addition,
it includes lengthy explanations of the HIPAA privacy and security rules…
Basic principles of information sharing between providers and patients,
meanwhile, were the subject of a recently
updated guide from The Markle Foundation.
Originally released in 2006, the Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework
for Private and Secure Information Exchange provides what Markle calls "a
comprehensive approach for secure, authorized, and private health information
sharing based on Fair Information Practice Principles (FIPPs)."
The 2012 update, the Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework Policies
in Practice for Health Information Sharing (Policies in Practice),
addresses "a range of critical health information sharing implementation
needs identified by experts working in the field.""
See also
Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information, prepared by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Version 1.1 022312.
Markle Common Framework for Private and Secure Health Information Exchange, prepared by Connecting for Health, Markle Foundation.
