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News Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, February 14, 2008

Contact: ONC Press Office
(202) 690-7385; nancy.szemraj@hhs.gov

States Advancing Common Approaches to Protecting Electronic Health
Information, Report Finds

Most states have made substantial progress in defining their privacy
and security approaches for electronic health information exchange,
according to a report released by the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), both part of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. The thirty three states and
Puerto Rico make up the Health Information Security and Privacy
Collaboration (HISPC) formed as part of the ONC-AHRQ co-managed
Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information
Exchange contract (Privacy and Security Solutions Project).

During the past 18 months, HISPC participants have gained a greater
understanding of and ability to address the variation in business
practices, policies, and state laws that affect the electronic
exchange of health information.

The Impact Analysis Report provides an assessment of the progress made
by states since the inception of the project by comparing the current
landscape for privacy and security to the baseline as reported by the
state teams in early 2006. The report discusses the impact of work
among and between participants in five key areas: legislation,
executive orders, leadership and governance, stakeholder education and
knowledge, and development of health information exchange networks.
The analysis also describes the collaborative work between states in
seven key areas and it provides a state-by-state discussion of recent
progress.

The report is the seventh in a series of progress reports produced by
the Privacy and Security Solutions Project.

“The report released is evidence of the significant role and impact
that states and territories can have in advancing health information
technology while preserving and promoting privacy and security
protections,” said Dr. Robert Kolodner, national coordinator for
Health IT. “The broad participation of stakeholders at all levels in
the HISPC has provided each participating state and territory with the
foundation, awareness, and buy-in to develop comprehensive plans to
protect health information in an electronic environment.”

Progress made during the past two years includes:

23 states cite increased awareness of privacy and security issues
 among stakeholders as a key component of success in the
 development and sustainability of statewide Health IT and Health
 Information Exchange (HIE) plans;

14 states indicated the Privacy and Security Solutions Project has
 served to increase support for planned HIEs;

11 states reported legislative activities aimed at updating and
 aligning privacy and security statutes to prepare for electronic
 health information exchange with four states having already passed
 some legislation;

Three state governors have issued executive orders formalizing
 support for the HISPC in their state and have provided members of
 their state HISPC teams with leadership roles in other
 initiatives; and

Seven collaborative work groups involving 43 states and 2
 territories are now focused on implementing shared privacy and
 security solutions.

For more information regarding the Impact Analysis Report, visit:
http://healthit.ahrq.gov/privacyandsecurity. The ONC-AHRQ-sponsored
report was prepared by RTI International, which is implementing the
Privacy and Security Solutions Project

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