A r t i c l e s

Title Source Date URL
CMS advised to crack down on healthcare IT privacy protection Healthcare IT News October 31, 2008 http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id= 10271&page=1
Health information privacy and patient safety: A delicate balance Hospital News October 2008 http://hospitalnews.com/content/magazines/Oct08/ HN_Oct08_Web.pdf#page=33
Schwarzenegger signs bills creating hospital privacy oversight office Los Angeles Times October 1, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-arnold1-2008oct01,0,5367174.story
Workers punished for peek at Granholm medical file Detroit Free Press August 6, 2008 http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008 308060008
More UCLA Medical Center employees peeked at celebrities’ records, state says Los Angeles Times August 5, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-health5-2008aug05,0,1525641.story
Lawmakers introduce healthcare IT legislation Healthcare IT News June 25, 2008 http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9462
Assembly axes bill opening patient records San Francisco Chronicle June 19, 2008 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/200 8/06/18/ AQC11BCU1.DTL
Senate nears agreement on Wired for Health bill Modern Healthcare May 15, 2008 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ article?AID=/ 20080515 /REG/529764082/1029/FREE
Are your medical records at risk? Wall Street Journal April 29, 2008 http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB1209410482 17350433. html?mod=2_1566_leftbox
Rash of breaches coincides with Health Privacy & Security Week iHealthBeat April 25, 2008 http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2008/4/25/Rash-of-Breaches- Coincides-With-Health-Privacy--Security-Week.aspx?a=1
UCLA Data Breaches Prompt Criticism of Medical Privacy Laws California HealthLine April 09, 2008
http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2008/4 /9/UCLA-Data- Breaches-Prompt-Criticism-of-Medical-Privacy-Laws.aspx?topicID=40
More UCLA Records Abuses Los Angeles Times April 7, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla7apr07,0,7549228.story? page=1
Snooping into medical records mounts Healthcare IT News April 1, 2008 http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=89 73&page=1

S u r v e y s / P o l l s

Document Description
Electronic Health Information and Privacy Survey: What Canadians Think - 2007 Public opinion survey co-sponsored by Canada Health Infoway, Health Canada and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
URL: www.infoway-inforoute.ca/Admin/Upload/Dev/ Document/EKOS_ Final report_EN.pdf

W h i t e P a p e r s

Date Title
October 2006 (updated Feb 2007) Consent Aggregation
Beyond Basic “Opt-in” or “Opt-out”
(Managing consents in one, or across multiple applications)

I n d u s t r y L i n k s

Description URL
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) www.ahima.org
Canada Health Infoway www.infoway-inforoute.ca/
Healthcare & Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) www.himss.org
Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) www.ansi.org/standards_activities/standards_boards_panels/ hisb/hitsp.aspx?menuid=3
Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC) (RTI) www.rti.org/page.cfm?nav=6&objectid=09E8D494-C491-
42FC-BA13EAD1217245C0
HL7 www.hl7.org
Infoway Standards Collaborative www.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/WhatWeDo/SCOverview.aspx
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) www.ihe.net
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) - Canada www.ihe-canada.com/