Proposed federal legislation jeopardizes patient privacy.

Altered states: state health privacy laws and the impact of the Federal Health Privacy Rule.

Although the Federal Health Privacy Rule has evened out some of the inconsistencies between states' health privacy laws, gaps in protection still remain. Furthermore, the Federal Rule contains some lax standards for the disclosure of health information. State laws can play a vital role in filling these gaps and strengthening the protections afforded health information. By enacting legislation t...

The future of privacy in a unified national health information infrastructure.

Since the early 1990s, the federal government has set its sights on enacting legislation to establish a national infrastructure for the storage and transmission of electronic health records. In 1996, Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to protect individuals from abuse by health insurance companies and to provide a “floor” of mandatory privacy standar...

تعارض و توازن منافع در حفظ حریم خصوصی و افشای اطلاعات ژنتیکی بیماران

The emergence of new genetic techniques in the area of preventation, diagnosis and treatment of diseases is expected to bring many challenges in regulating relationships and appropriate legislation to protect the patients’ right. The widespread use of genetic information in improving individual and public health, regarding to its special traits with potential for different interpretations...

Controlling Your DNA: Privacy Concerns in Genomic Testing and the Uncertainty of Federal Regulation and Legislation

Personal health information in Canada: A comparison of citizen expectations and legislation

This paper explores whether the Canadian legislative protections in place to safeguard medical privacy meet the expectations of Canadians. An overview of current governance systems designed to protect the privacy of personal health information at both the federal and provincial levels is first presented. This is followed by an empirical analysis of the results of a public opinion survey conduct...