Health Law

OCR Revamps Privacy Website

By Helen Oscislawski

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights has posted its new Web site, and reports that the health information privacy pages have been "extensively revised to improve organization and ease of use for consumers, covered entities and others seeking reliable advice on the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the Patient Safety Rule."  

I took some time to peruse the new website, and personally I think that it is a vast improvement to its predecessor. Guidance on privacy can now be accessed under such categories as:

• Consumers
• Covered Entities
• Special Privacy Topics:
  • Public Health
  • Research
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Health Information Technology
  • Genetic Information
• Summary of the Privacy Rule
• Training Materials
• Enforcement Activities

Full post as published by HIPAA Health Law & Technology on February 12, 2009 (boomark / email).