paper on Health Information Technology released

["Staggs, David (SAIC)" <David.Staggs@va.gov>]

Colleagues

 

The announcement below may be of interest to the members:

 

On December 8, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is releasing a report entitled “Realizing the Full Potential of Health Information Technology to Improve Healthcare for Americans: The Path Forward
* http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-health-it-release.pdf PCAST Press Release

* http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-health-it-report.pdf Report to the President Realizing the Full Potential of Health Information Technology to Improve Healthcare for Americans:  The Path Forward, December 2010 (PDF); Note: Security and Privacy Considerations pps. 45-51

This chapter's bottom line:  The tagged data element approach allows for a sophisticated fine-grained model of implementing strong privacy controls (including honoring patient-controlled privacy preferences where applicable) and strong security protection.

 

 

Regards,

David

David Staggs, JD, CISSP (SAIC)
Veterans Health Administration
Chief Health Informatics Office
Standards and Interoperability
Office: 858 433 1473