Segmenting data privacy. Cross-industry initiative aims to piece out privacy within the health record.

摘要

NOT ALL PROTECTED health information (PHI) is created equally. Some health data requires special handling according to law, organizational policies, or patient preferences. For appropriate sharing of health information to occur, a patient must trust that a provider organization will properly handle their health data, and disclosing organizations must have confidence that recipients will follow privacy protections according to any special handling instructions. These instructions could be as broad as "opt in/out of sharing" or conceivably as granular as "only share substance abuse information with Doctor X." In order to facilitate this secure and trusted exchange, data needs to be segmented and assigned specific privacy controls.