Old before its time: HIPAA and e-health policy

Health Affairs

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 231-238

  Cunningham, Rob ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; PRIVACY; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; INTERNET; POLITICS; PRIVACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034330798     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.19.6.231     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, The Economic and Social Impact of Electronic Commerce (Paris: OECD, 1999), 22-23.
2. Off-the-record interview, 9 June 2000.
3. Not-for-attribution interview with U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee staff member, 21 July 2000.
4. Charles N. Kahn III, president, Health Insurance Association of America, "Confidentiality of Health Information," statement before the Senate HELP Committee, 26 April 2000,6.
5. Janet Heinrich, U.S. General Accounting Office, testimony before the Senate HELP Committee, 26 April 2000, 11.
6. Ticia Gerber, Washington Business Group on Health, interview, 6 July 2000.
7. Heinrich testimony, 17.
8. John R. Lumpkin, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, comment no. 231022, 7 February 2000), (30 August 2000).
9. Richard Pollack, American Hospital Association, letter to Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Health Care Financing Administration, comment no. 4835, 13 October 1998; E. Ratcliffe Anderson Jr., American Medical Association, letter to DeParle, comment no. 4332, 13 October 1998; and Kathleen H. Fyffe, Health Insurance Association of America, letter to HCFA, comment no. 4408, 13 October 1998, all available at (11 July 2000).
10. R.D. Marks, "Guidelines for Initiating HIPAA Systems Implementation Projects," BNA's Health Care Policy Report (22 May 2000): 856-857.
11. NCVHS, "Unique Health Identifier for Individuals: A White Paper" (Washington: NCVHS, 2 July 1998), 3.
12. NCVHS, Third Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Administrative Simplification Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, 27 March 2000, (30 August 2000).
13. Attributed to R. Harding by R. Gellman, NCVHS, in hearing minutes, NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security, Chicago, 20-21 July 1998, (19 May 2000).
14. Off-the-record interview, 20 June 2000.
15. Patrice Thaler, Healtheon Corp., letter to HCFA, comment no. 3850, 1 July 1998,1, (11 July 2000).
16. G. Anders, "Medical Data Leaves Software Firm Frustrated by Efforts to Automate It," Wall Street Journal, 2 October 1998; and C. Rauber, "EHealth: The View from Main Street," Healthcare Business (May 2000).
17. G. Anders, "Medical Data Leaves Software Firm Frustrated by Efforts to Automate It," Wall Street Journal, 2 October 1998; and C. Rauber, "EHealth: The View from Main Street," Healthcare Business (May 2000).
18. NCVHS, Third Annual Report to Congress, 1.
19. Medicine and Health (21 June 1999): 3.
20. Ibid. (1 November 1999): 3.
21. Senate HELP staff interview.
22. U.S. Department of Commerce and Federal Trade Commission, "Public Workshop on Online Profiling," transcript, 8 November 1999, (30 August 2000).
23. J. Goldman, Z. Hudson, and R.M. Smith, Privacy: Report on the Privacy Policies and Practices of Health Web Sites, January 2000, (30 August 2000).
24. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, "Thomas Announces Hearing on the Confidentiality of Patient Records" (11 February 2000).
25. Robert Pitofsky, FTC chairman, remarks to reporters, 25 May 2000.
26. Off-the-record interview, 16 June 2000.
27. Gerber interview.
28. Senate HELP staff interview.
29. Calvin Wiese, Health Magic Inc., statement before the NCVHS, Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, "Internet Use for Health Information and Privacy Implications," 25 February 2000, (29 June 2000).
30. NCVHS, Report on Uniform Data Standards for Patient Medical Record Information, 6 July 2000, 31, 41, (30 August 2000).
31. R. Cunningham, "Two Old Hands and the New New Thing" (interview with Gingrich and Magaziner), Health Affairs (Nov/Dec 2000): 33-40.
32. See also J.D. Kleinke, "Vaporware.com: The Failed Promise of the Health Care Internet," Health Affairs (Nov/Dec 2000): 57-73; and B.M. Fried et al., "E-Health: Technologic Revolution Meets Regulatory Constraint," Health Affairs (Nov/Dec 2000): 124-131.
33. See also J.D. Kleinke, "Vaporware.com: The Failed Promise of the Health Care Internet," Health Affairs (Nov/Dec 2000): 57-73; and B.M. Fried et al., "E-Health: Technologic Revolution Meets Regulatory Constraint," Health Affairs (Nov/Dec 2000): 124-131.
34. NCVHS, Report on Uniform Data Standards, 41.
35. National Research Council, Committee on Enhancing the Internet for Health and Biomedical Applications: Technical Requirements and Implementation Strategies, Networking Health: Prescriptions for the Internet (Washington: National Academy Press, 2000), ES-11-ES-12.