Public trust in health IT as a case study in system trust

In a typically insightful blog post last weekend, Margalit Gur-Arie considers issues of trust in electronic health records and other health information technology through a comparison with the banking system, financial institutions, and the use of…

Airline use of personal data on passengers likely not constrained by Privacy Act

A recent article on potentially troubling privacy practices by U.S. airlines posted on The Washington Post online highlights (unfortunately somewhat erroneously) some of the key differences in rules about personal data collection and use that apply…

HHS withdraws final health data breach notification rule for revision

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last week that it has withdrawn the final version of its rule on Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information, which it had submitted to OMB for…