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CDT & eHI's Proposed Consumer Privacy …

WEBOn Tuesday, February 9, 2021, CDT hosted a webinar alongside eHI to debut this final proposed consumer privacy framework for health data. We published an earlier draft proposal and solicited public feedback.. The final proposed framework below reflects that feedback, in addition to the guidance of experts and leaders from healthcare systems, …

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Health Privacy Archives

WEBThe security of personal health and healthcare data is an area of great societal importance, raising questions about privacy rights, ethics, and fair use of information. As health information, especially information that falls outside of federal privacy laws, is collected and stored in multiple venues — doctors’ offices, hospitals

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Protecting Health Data

WEBCDT and the eHealth Initiative (eHI), with generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, have partnered to develop a consumer privacy framework to better protect health data.

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Privacy and Security Principles for Health Information …

WEBCDT believes there is a need to adopt a comprehensive privacy and security framework for protection of health data as information technology is increasingly used to support exchange of medical records and other health information. CDT believes that privacy and security protections will build public trust, which is crucial if the benefits of health …

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Privacy and Security Requirements Set for Health …

WEBNew privacy and security guidelines–aimed at protecting the vast amount of healthcare information transmitted by state Health Information Exchanges–are now in place. A Health Information Exchange (HIE) manages access to and retrieval of clinical data to provide safer and more timely, efficient, effective, and equitable patient-centered care.

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Sharing Student Health Data with Health Agencies: Considerations …

WEBThis 2-pager was authored by Jessica Li. PDF version here. As schools respond to COVID-19 on their campuses, some have shared student information with state and local health agencies, often to aid in contact tracing or to provide services to students. Federal and state student privacy laws, however, do not necessarily permit that sharing, and […]

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Health Privacy 101

WEBThe Health Privacy Project is dedicated to raising public awareness of the importance of ensuring health privacy in order to improve health care access and quality

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Health Information Exchange Brief Examines Privacy and Security

WEBAccording to the policy brief, the shift from paper to electronic health records presents new challenges and new solutions to protecting the privacy and security of patients’ health information.A breach that formerly affected a single paper record now can expose an entire database of patient records. At the same time, health information exchange presents …

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CDT Issues Privacy Recommendations for PHRs

WEBJuly 26, 2010 / Harley Geiger. The Center for Democracy & Technology today released a report recommending privacy and security protections for personal health records (PHRs). CDT believes PHRs should be subject to comprehensive policies comprised of a mix of legal requirements and voluntary best practices. CDT’s recommendations – summarized

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Placing Equity at the Center of Health Care & Technology

WEBCDT’s report, Placing Equity at the Center of Health Care & Technology, identifies and suggests ways in which privacy protections around consumer health information can benefit everyone, including underrepresented and overlooked communities harmed by current health data practices.Modern consumer health technologies can collect and store …

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Stronger Protections for, and Encouraging the Use of, De …

WEBStronger Protections for, and Encouraging the Use of, De-Identified (and “Anonymized”) Health Data. October 1, 2009

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Privacy and Security in the Affordable Care Act’s Data Hub

WEBLast week, two committees of the U.S. House of Representatives held a joint hearing to examine privacy and security issues related to an information exchange system, commonly referred to as the “data hub.” The data hub is managed by HHS and facilitates access to information currently held in federal government databases that is necessary to …

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Getting Your Medical Records

WEBGetting Your Medical Records. November 8, 2010. Patients have a legal right to obtain and correct medical records about themselves, but many patients have reported difficulty in doing so. While health information technology can make it easier for patients to access and correct their data, patients still need to know the steps to take to obtain

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The Chilling Effect of Student Monitoring: Disproportionate …

WEB[ PDF version. ] As technology becomes an increasingly prevalent part of school life, students and their activities are increasingly monitored. Student activity monitoring systems are generally deployed with the intent of making schools safer, more effective in reaching educational goals, or more efficient. In prior research, CDT has found that 81% of …

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Privacy and Security Considerations of Telehealth

WEBTelehealth – using telecommunication technologies to prevent illness and promote health – has incredible potential benefits. Telehealth can help reach underserved or remote populations, and it can also help reduce costs in general, while providing more real-time interaction between medical providers and patients. The benefits – and effectiveness – …

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Healgorithms: Understanding the Potential for Bias in mHealth Apps

WEBThis report explores the potential for harmful bias in mHealth interventions and considers the impact of such bias on individuals, companies, and public health, ultimately providing recommendations for app developers to ensure that the tools they build are inclusive and nondiscriminatory.

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2023 Health Datapalooza

WEBArlington , VA 22202. Date: February 23-24, 2023. Since its inception, Health Datapalooza has been a gathering place for people and organizations creating knowledge from data and pioneering innovations that drive policy and practice and generate market value. The 2023 Health Datapalooza will once again bring together attendees from across the

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CDT Urges Privacy Requirements Be Included in Google Books …

WEBCDT today filed a "friend of the court" brief in the Southern District of New York requesting that key privacy requirements be included in the Court's approval of the class-action settlement that would dramatically expand Google Book Search. CDT previously released a report in July analyzing the privacy implications of this settlement and is urging the judge …

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CDT, GFI, Others Send Memos Urging White House to Take Action …

WEBToday, Governing for Impact (GFI), the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), and 19 organizations urged the Biden administration to take action on an emerging front in the labor movement: electronic workplace surveillance. Employers across the American economy are increasingly using electronic surveillance and algorithmic management (ESAM) to track …

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Momentum Builds Against Abortion Surveillance as New States …

WEBWashington and New York states recently became the second and third places respectively to enact shield laws that seek to prevent in-state companies from complying with out-of-state warrants in connection with abortion investigations. These laws follow the model set by California last year when it passed the nation’s first shield law focused on blocking …

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Before the Federal Trade Commission Washington, DC 20580

WEBBefore the Federal Trade Commission Washington, DC 20580 In the Matter of ) ) H&M International Transportation, Inc ) Quality Terminal Services, LLC )

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COPA amicus brief final

WEBCORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1, counsel for amici certify the following: American Society of Newspaper Editors (“ASNE”) is not a publicly-held corporation, does not have a parent corporation, and no publicly-held corporation

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