Medical Privacy Resources

• Fact Sheets
   

• Speeches and Articles

Fact Sheets

• Fact Sheet 8. How Private Is My Medical Information?
   
• Fact Sheet 8(a). HIPAA Basics: Medical Privacy in the Electronic Age
  

Speeches and Articles

• Alert: What Is HealthVault? Things to Think About Before You Participate -- October 2007


• Alert: Pharmacies Profiting At Your Expense – Your Help Is Requested -- July 2007


• Comments on HHS Request for Information:
  Voluntary Storage of Personal Data in Preparation for Emergencies -- June 2006
  
  
• Alert: For a Complete Medical History, Compile Your Own Health Records -- June 2006

• Comments to Federal Agencies Regarding the Use of Personal Medical Data by Financial Institutions -- May 2005

• Privacy Implications of the Proposed National Health Information Network (NHIN), Comments to the Dept. of Health and Human Services -- April 2005
  
  
• PRC Lawsuit Charges Albertsons' Pharmacies with Violating the Medical Privacy of Thousands of Consumers -- September 2004
  
  
• Alert: Have You Received Unsolicited Marketing Letters or Phone Calls Regarding Your Personal Prescriptions from Pharmaceutical Companies? -- September 2004
  
  
• Online Pharmacies Scant on Privacy Rights, Study Finds -- June 2004
  
  
• Financial Institutions' Use of Personal Medical Data -- PRC Comments to Federal Agencies -- May 2004
  
  
• Compliance vs. Communication: Readability of HIPAA Notices -- February 2004
  
  
• Groups Oppose Data Mining of Health Information by Financial Institutions -- September 2003
  
  
• Readability of HIPAA Medical Privacy Notices -- April 2003
  
  
• Gellman on "Health Privacy: The Way We Live Now" -- August 2002
  
  
• Comments on California Insurance Privacy Regulations -- July 2002
  
  
• PRC Comments on Proposed HHS - Medical Records Privacy Rule -- March 2000
  
  
• A Consumer's Complaint Regarding Rite Aid Pharmacy -- August 1999
  
  
• Ten Privacy Principles for Health Care -- November 1998
  
  
• Medical Records Privacy: Fears and Expectations of Patients -- May 1996