Striking the Right Balance: Access to Health Information and
              Protection of Privacy - A Discussion Paper. Alberta Health. December 5, 1996
               Striking the Right Balance: A Summary of Views: Public
              Commentary on the proposed Alberta Health Information Act.
                The Alberta Medical Association Response to "Striking the Right
              Balance - A Discussion Paper" Prepared by Alberta Health -- December 5, 1996. Introductory comments.
               Health Information Management at B.C.'s Ministry of Health.

               Health Information and Privacy: a Comprehensive Statute for

              Ontario. Notes for remarks by Tom Wright, Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario to the Canadian Institute of Law and Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, June 24, 1996.
               Consultation Paper on Protection of Personal Health
              Information - Saskatchewan, October, 1997.
               Health Information Privacy Code 1994 (amended to 12 February
              1996) New Zealand
               Health Information Privacy Code Fact Sheets - New Zealand

               Health Information Privacy and Confidentiality. Author: Roderick

              L. B. Neame, MA, PhD, MB, BChir. New Zealand Health Information Services. Published 1993; revised December 1995.
               Health Information Strategy for the Year 2000; New Zealand.

               Genetic Testing and Privacy: Extract from a study of the science

              and uses of genetic testing, genetic techniques such as gene probes and genetic markers, privacy principles and genetic testing in the private sector as well as in other countries.
              (1992)
               How Safe Are Computerized Patient Records? Family Practice
              Management / May 1997, Lead Article by David Kibbe, MD, MBA, and Mark R. Bard, MHA, MBA. This primer on security and confidentiality will help answer that question for users and prospective users.
               Privacy and Health Information Systems: A Guide to Protecting
              Patient Confidentiality. The Center for Democracy & Technology. By Janlori Goldman & Deirdre Mulligan
               Health Information Systems and Privacy: Center for Democracy
              and Technology. Discussion Paper. For more information contact Deirdre Mulligan or Janlori Goldman.
               Privacy and Health Research: A Report to the U.S. Secretary of
              Health and Human Services. May 1997. Office of the Assistant Secretary for planning and evaluation. By William W. Lowrance, Ph.D.. Consultant in Health Policy, Geneva Switzerland
              Privacy and Security for Medical Information Systems,
              "Seizing the Opportunity: The Power of Health Information". Presented at AHIMA National Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada. October 1994. Presented by Marc Rotenberg, Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center.
               Confidentiality of Electronic Health Data: Methods for Protecting
              Personally Identifiable Information. Bibliography of references, January 1990 through March 1996. 448 Selected Citations. Compiled by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
               Testimony on health information confidentiality by Kathleen A.
              Frawley, JD, MS, RRA, Director, American Health Information Management Association, Washington, D.C., Office. June 14, 1996. For the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, Government Reform and Oversight Committee


                The Honorable Donna E. Shalala, Assistant Secretary for

              Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), Department of Health and Human Services (US). Speech on Protecting Privacy of Health Information. July 31, 1997. National Press Club. Washington, DC.
               Fair Information Practices for Health Information. Department of
              Health and Human Services. Statement of the General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel. To the  Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture.
               Primer on Privacy: For use by Community Health Management
              Information Systems . Prepared by the Privacy & Technology Project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
               Balancing Patient Confidentiality and Release of Information by
              Dawn Murto Carman, RRA
               Employee Training: Keeping Patient Information Confidential
              at a Large Hospital in a Small Town by Maggie Pelletier
               EPIC Medical Record Privacy Page - as well as many links on
              medical privacy issues, this page includes text of the Bennet Bill (US) and commentary regarding the bill.
               
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