WASHINGTON – The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s Office of the Chief Privacy Officer and Office of Standards and <a href="/directory/interoperability" target="_blank" class="directory-item-link">Interoperability are launching an initiative to address standards for the ability to exchange parts of a medical record (often called data segmentation).
The initiative is being launched under the auspices of the ONC Standards and Interoperability Framework, according to ONC.
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In a recent blog post, ONC chief Farzad Mostashari said the project aims to make progress on the persistent privacy issues raised in the PCAST report.
“The goal of this project is to enable the implementation and management of health information disclosure policies originating from a patient’s request, statutory and regulatory authority or organizational disclosure requirements.”
ONC made a “soft launch” of the Data Segmentation Initiative on Monday, consisting of:
- a public call for participation, e-mailed to government and industry stakeholders;
- a wiki home page for the initiative; and
- an ONC blog post.
The formal launch of the Data Segmentation Initiative is scheduled for October 5, 2011 and will consist of a public webinar/presentation with a question and answer session, Mostashari said.
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