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CATEGORIES:Computer Laboratory Security Seminar
SUMMARY:Electronic health records: which is worse\, the UK
  system or the US System? - Deborah C. Peel\, Pati
 ent Privacy Rights
DTSTART:20080905T150000Z
DTEND:20080905T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Deborah Peel will discuss the current threats 
 to privacy posed by the use of electronic health r
 ecords in America. She is convinced that the US he
 alth IT system is far worse than that of the UK. A
 nd America has nothing comparable to the EU system
  of data privacy commissioners to protect the publ
 ic's human rights. She argues that the current Adm
 inistration and Congress has enabled and frankly e
 ncouraged US industry and government to engage in 
 widespread surveillance\, theft\, sale\, and misus
 e of Americans' sensitive personal health data. In
  2002\, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Se
 rvices eliminated the right of consent in the HIPA
 A Privacy Rule\, turning it into an 'Anti-Privacy 
 Rule'. The result was to eliminate Americans' righ
 ts to control the use and disclosure of personal h
 ealth information in electronic systems. Secondary
  uses without consent are now the primary uses of 
 health data in the US.\n\nToday\, Americans have n
 o way of knowing how many secret databases across 
 the world store and use their health records. Both
  industry and the government lust after total acce
 ss to the nation's treasure troves of health data.
  Numerous industries exploit the extreme commercia
 l value of richly detailed health data.  For examp
 le\, one data miner\, listed on the NYSE\, reporte
 d revenues of $2 billion dollars in 2006. The seri
 ously flawed US health IT system has spurred techn
 ology innovators to restore privacy rights by buil
 ding trustworthy systems and products controlled b
 y patients. The route to progress and the widespre
 ad adoption of health IT is through privacy. But c
 onsumers can't tell which systems and products to 
 trust.\n\nA new consumer-led privacy certification
  organization\, Patient Privacy Certified\, will a
 udit health IT systems and products for adherence 
 to the toughest privacy standards in the world. Ce
 rtified products will be awarded a seal so consume
 rs can tell they offer ironclad secure and privacy
  for health records.\n\nSpeaker:\n\nDeborah C. Pee
 l\, MD\, founded Patient Privacy Rights in 2004 "w
 ww.patientprivacyrights.org":http://www.patientpri
 vacyrights.org to guarantee that Americans control
  all access to their personal health information. 
 Patient Privacy Rights is America's leading consum
 er advocacy organization working to restore patien
 ts' rights to health information privacy.\n\nIn 20
 06\, Dr. Peel formed the bipartisan Coalition for 
 Patient Privacy. Coalition members include the Fam
 ily Research Council\, the Christian Coalition\, t
 he Electronic Privacy Information Center\, the ACL
 U\, the California Medical Association\, and the A
 merican Chiropractic Association - over 50 organiz
 ations representing 7 million people.\n\nIn 2007\,
  the world's largest technology corporation\, Micr
 osoft\, joined the Coalition and agreed to adhere 
 to the Coalition's privacy principles. Also in 200
 7\, Dr. Peel was voted #4 of Modern Healthcare's 1
 00 Most Powerful in Healthcare.\n\nIn 2008\, PPR l
 aunched PrivacyRightsCertified\, a consumer-led or
 ganization to certify electronic systems and softw
 are that meet the toughest national and internatio
 nal standards for privacy. This enables the public
  to tell which electronic health systems and produ
 cts ensure that personal health information is sec
 ure and all access is controlled by the patient. M
 icrosoft's HealthVault will be the first platform 
 audited.\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 2\, Computer Laboratory\, William 
 Gates Building
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