Explores the privacy policies of 21 health-related Web sites. Download the full report or an executive summary in .pdf format, or view charts.
History of the Medical Privacy Bill plus news stories on a range of other health information privacy issues.
Minnesota organization addresses health care issues. Includes articles and legal resources on confidentiality strategies.
Read a report on medical-records privacy from the Committee on Maintaining Privacy and Security in Health Care Applications.
General Accounting Office report to Congress on medical-records privacy urges congressional oversight of privacy protections.
Univ.'s Inst. for Health Care Research and Policy offers news and legislative updates. Join the Consumer Coalition for Health Privacy.
Read comments on the Dept. of Health and Human Services' proposed standards for privacy of health info, and subscribe to a listserv for updates.
View the Dept. of Health and Human Services secretary's recommendations on the confidentiality of individually identifiable health information.
Report to the Dept. of Health and Human Services examines the divergent goals of individual privacy and research access to personal health data.
Journal of the American Medical Association article discusses the challenges presented by the computerization of health data.
Browse articles and laws regarding medical-record privacy at this Electronic Frontier Foundation database. Includes resource links.
Articles on current privacy issues, law and policy, the Bennett Bill, and a useful section on consumer advice.
Extensive information in support of the creation and implementation of an electronic health record systems.
Read articles and essays on bioethics and preventing the spread of confidential medical records. Includes news and government links.
Read these national standards on the protection of and access to patients medical records. With details on regulations and enforcement.
Provides arguments for and against the development and use of medical records databases. Includes strategies for maintaining privacy.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse fact sheet provides answers to questions about medical-records privacy. Link to the Medical Information Bureau.
Learn about the legal implications of a uniform database of health information, and discover the benefits that such a program might provide.
University's Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care provides these medical-records privacy resources. Includes recent laws.
Special report from "The Washington Post Magazine" contends that our tradition of medical privacy is being undermined. Find out why.
March 1999 article examines plans by federal officials to collect personal info on homebound patients. Read what civil-liberties activists say.