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World Privacy Forum Comments on AHIC Confidentiality Privacy Security Workgroup Hypothesis

AHIC – National Health Information Network — The American Health Information Community Workgroup on Confidentiality, Privacy and Security requested public feedback regarding its working hypothesis. WPF responded to the request with public comments encouraging the adoption of a unified policy architecture and encouraging AHIC to focus on enforcement mechanisms that are intended to directly benefit consumers. WPF also encouraged AHIC to look comprehensively at the demands a new national electronic health exchange network will make on privacy in the health care sector.

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Posted June 4, 2007 in American Health Information Community (AHIC), Blog Post, Health Information Exchanges, National Health Information Network (NHIN), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Uncategorized Next »Public Comments: June 2007 – To The American Health Information Community Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security (CPS) workgroup on its Working Hypothesis « PreviousWorld Privacy Forum makes presentation at National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine WPF updates and news CALENDAR EVENTS

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