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 and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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 with 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 provides a state-by-state discussion of recent progress.
Progress made during the past two years includes the fact that 11 states have 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. Access the report.
