Currents in Contemporary Bioethics

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 394-400

  Rothstein, Mark A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT RIGHT; UNITED STATES;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PATIENT RIGHTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863998757     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2012.00673.x     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. C. J. Hsiao, P. C. Beatty, E. S. Hing, T. C. Socey, and M. A. Sci, "Electronic Health Record Systems and Intent to Apply for Meaningful Use Incentives Among Office-Based Physician Practices: United States, 2001-2011, " available at <> (last visited April 30, 2012).
2. D. Blumenthal and M. Tavenner, "The 'Meaningful Use' Regulation for Electronic Health Records, " New England Journal of Medicine 363, no. 6 (2010): 501-504.
3. M. A. Rothstein, "The Hippocratic Bargain and Health Information Technology, " Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 38, no. 1 (2010): 7-13.
4. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Letter to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Recommendations Regarding Sensitive Health Information (November 10, 2010), available at <> (last accessed April 30, 2012).
5. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Letter to Secretary Michael O. Leavitt on Individual Control of Sensitive Health Information Accessible Via the Nationwide Health Information Network for Purposes of Treatment (February 20, 2008), available at <> (last visited April 23, 2012).
6. See generally L. P. Francis, "Skeletons in the Family Medical Closet: Access of Personal Representatives to Interoperable Medical Records, "St. Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy 4, no. 2 (2011): 371-395.
7. 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 164 (2011).
8. 45 C.F.R. § 164.506 (2011).
9. 45 C.F.R. § 164.508(a)(2) (2011).
10. 45 C.F.R. § 164.502(b)(1) (2011).
11. 45 C.F.R. § 164.501 (2011) (definition of health care operations).
12. See National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Report to Secretary Michael O. Leavitt on Enhanced Protections for Uses of Health Data: A Stewardship Framework for "Secondary Uses" of Electronically Collected and Transmitted Health Data (December 19, 2007), available at <> (last visited April 23, 2012).
13. 45 C.F.R. § 164.512 (2011).
14. M. A. Rothstein and M. K. Talbott, "Compelled Authorizations for Disclosure of Health Records: Magnitude and Implications, " American Journal of Bioethics 7, no. 3 (2007): 38-45.
15. M. A. Rothstein and M. K. Talbott, "Compelled Disclosure of Health Information: Protecting Against the Greatest Potential Threat to Privacy, " JAMA 295, no. 24 (2006): 2882-2885.
16. 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12216 (2010).
17. 42 U.S.C. § 12 112(d)(2) (2010).
18. 42 U.S.C. § 12112(d)(4) (2010).
19. 42 U.S.C. § 12112(d)(3) (2010).
20. 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000ff - 2000ff-11 (2010). See M. A. Rothstein, "GINA, the ADA, and Genetic Discrimination in Employment, "Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 36, no. 4 (2008): 837-840.
21. It is not clear how employers can limit such disclosures with either paper or electronic health records.
22. It is arguable that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has the authority to make this change through the issuance of regulations.
23. 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff-1(4)(A)(iii) (2010).
24. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Letter to Secretary Michael O. Leavitt on Privacy and Confidentiality in the Nationwide Health Information Network (June 22, 2006), available at <> (last visited April 23, 2012).
25. See M. A. Rothstein, "Predictive Genetic Testing for Alzheimer's Disease in Long-Term Care Insurance, "Georgia Law Review 35, no. 3 (2001): 707-733.
26. See California Healthcare Foundation, Consumers and Health Information Technology: A National Survey, at 25 (2010), available at <> (last visited April 30, 2012) (finding that 15% of adults report they would hide something from their physician if they knew their information would be shared and another 33% said they would consider hiding information).