HEALTH CARE DATA INFORMATION ACCESS, PRIVACY ISSUES ARE UNDER DEBATE ON THE HILL; SENATE, HOUSE MEASURES SEEK TO STRENGTHEN SECURITIES IN HEALTH REFORM
Executive Summary
The issues of data collection, security and privacy of health care information are receiving increasing attention on Capitol Hill and elsewhere as the debate on health care reform continues. In both the House and the Senate, debate is under way about how to reconcile the increased information needs of a reformed health care system with the right to privacy and the security of health care data.