Electronic Health Records and the National Health Information Network: Patient Choice, Privacy, and Security in Digitized Environments

October 24, 2005 Electronic Health Records and the National Health Information Network: Patient Choice, Privacy, and Security in Digitized EnvironmentsThe World Privacy Forum has been particularly interested in developments related to EHRs and the NHIN. Given the impetus of the 2004 Executive Order 1 mandating forward movement in these areas, and the broad impact digitized medical records will potentially have on patients and on the healthcare sector, the World Privacy Forum believes that the decisions this Committee and others shaping these efforts arrive at will be of lasting importance. Given the transition of many parts of our society from analog . . .