AMIA - Public Policy: Medical Records Confidentiality

MEDICAL RECORDS CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES
Links to Position Statements of Some Associations and Organizations

American Academy of Family Physicians: AAFP's recommendations and principles on medical records confidentiality, and an analysis of several confidentiality bills introduced in Congress in light of those principles.
American Association of Medical Colleges: A description of AAMC activities through 1999, letters over the years to members of Congress on the issue, and links to legislation.
American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine: A comment letter submitted in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on standards regarding the privacy of individually identifiable health information.
American College of Surgeons: Includes an extensive general position statement of the ACS on medical records confidentiality plus letters to government officials and members of Congress about specific HHS and legislative proposals.
American Health Information Management Association: An extensive analysis of the issues in medical records confidentiality and AHIMA's position statement.
American Medical Association: A general statement of the AMA's approach to medical records confidentiality and inks to testimony and other official comments made by the AMA.
American Medical Informatics Association: AMIA's comment letter in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on standards regarding the privacy of individually identifiable health information.
American Psychiatric Association: APA's statement of its "Principles for Medical Records Privacy Legislation."
American Society of Clinical Oncology: ASCO's position statement addresses such central issues as research protocols using medical records, federal preemption, genetic information, and nondiscrimination enactment.
Health Privacy Project: Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: A strong statement outlining NAMI's position on health records ownership, exchange, and disclosure.
National Coalition for Patient Rights: An advocacy organization for strong privacy protections for health records.
National Governors Association: General overview of medical records privacy and a statement of position of the NGA.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: The PRC's comments on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing standards regarding the privacy of individually identifiable health information.