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Oct 03 2022 WHO Health Data Collaborative Meeting high level overview
Complex Data Ecosystems Digital Health Ecosystems Global Health Governance Health Information Ecosystems Health Information Exchanges Last week, the World Health Organization held an in-person meeting of its health data collaborative leadership, its first face-to-face meeting of this group in four years. WPF attended as a constituency co-chair. Attendees included: members of the Ministries of Health and partner representation from Kenya, Malawi, Cameroon, Botswana, and Nepal; regional institutes’ representatives from KEMRI Welcome Jul 08 2022 HIPAA and Reproductive Health A companion FAQ to the Patient s Guide to HIPAA
Consumer Privacy Digital Health Ecosystems Electronic Health Records FAQs Featured HIPAA July 2022 Download a PDF The World Privacy Forum publishes and maintains A Patient’s Guide to HIPAA, which is a plain language explanation of how to use the law to guard your health privacy. This companion FAQ on HIPAA is focused on reproductive health privacy in response to the many questions we are receiving from May 11 2022 OECD Going Digital Horizontal Project news and event
AI Best Practices Data and Development Data Ecosystems Developing economies and privacy Digital Health Ecosystems Governance OECD WPF’s Executive Director Pam Dixon will be presenting at an upcoming OECD Workshop on the topic of data stewardship, access, sharing, and control in regards to national data strategies. WPF will be speaking as a organizational member of the formal civil society stakeholder group at OECD (CSISAC). The topic of digitalization is one that OECD Dec 07 2021 WPF advises OSHA re employee vaccination information
COVID-19 Digital Health Ecosystems Electronic Health Records Health Privacy Health Records OSHA Personal Health Record (PHR) The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published its proposal regarding how employee vaccination information will be treated by employers. WPF’s analysis has found a meaningful loophole in privacy protections, and has proposed a remedy to OSHA. Aug 04 2021 C20 – G20 Global Dialogue on Health WPF statement
C20 COVID-19 Data and Development Digital Health Ecosystems Governance Health Privacy On August 4, 2021, WPF participated as a member of the Civil20 – G20 Global Dialogue on Health. The dialogue was moderated by C20 Global Health co-chair Rachel Ong, with concluding comments by co-chair Kurt Frieder. Davide La Cecilia, Diplomatic adviser to the Italian Minister for Health and former Ambassador of Italy to Ukraine, participated 12Next Page » WPF updates and news CALENDAR EVENTS WHO Constituency Meeting WPF co-chair
6 October 2022, Virtual OECD Roundtable WPF expert member and participant Cross-Border Cooperation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy
4 October 2022, Paris, France and virtual OECD Committee on Digital and Economic Policy fall meeting WPF participant
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