1997 Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference

Summaries of Plenary Sessions and Breakout Sessions

Tools and Toolboxes #4: Building Confidentiality into Consumer Health Information Products

Wednesday, April 16, 1997
2:00 - 3:30 PM

Moderator: John P. Fanning, LLB, Privacy Advocate, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Speaker: Skip Walter, President, Personal Health Connections, "Moving from Information to Action for Lifestyle Related Disease"

Speaker: Marcos Athanasoulis, MPH, Vice President of Engineering, Windom Health Enterprises, "Personal Health Record, Confidentiality and Ethics"

Speaker: Nelson B. Hazeltine, Chief Technology Officer, Celebration Health, "Security and Privacy Requirements for Consumer-Oriented Service"

Statement of Subject

Many CHI products will interface with databases residing in provider organizations or on the Web. As a result, consumers are sensitive to the confidentiality of the information that resides within CHI products and is transmitted to aggregated databases. Panelists will discuss the ways in which confidentiality is included in the products they are marketing.

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