Meeting

Meeting 2: Health Research and the Privacy of Health Information - The HIPAA Privacy Rule

When:

October 1, 2007 - October 2, 2007 (8:30 AM)

Topics:

Biomedical and Health Research, Health Services, Coverage, and Access, Public Health

Activity:

Health Research and the Privacy of Health Information - The HIPAA Privacy Rule

Board:

Board on Health Sciences Policy

The second meeting of the Committee on Health Research and the Privacy of Health Information: the HIPAA Privacy Rule met on October 1-2, 2007.

Topics discussed included:

• Public perceptions of privacy
• Important considerations in the privacy of health information
• Perspectives on Canadian privacy protections and informed consent
• Survey results: perception of public, epidemiologists, and IRB administrators