June 17, 2004 – Letter to the Secretary – Recommendations on the Effect of the Privacy Rule in Law Enforcement

June 17, 2004 The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C.  20201 Dear Secretary Thompson: As part of its responsibilities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) monitors the implementation of…

June 17, 2004 Letter to the Secretary – Recommendations on the Effect of the Privacy Rule in Banking

June 17, 2004 The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Secretary Thompson: As part of its responsibilities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) monitors the implementation of…

March 5, 2004 Letter to the Secretary – Recommendation on the effect of the Privacy Rule

March 5, 2004 The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson Secretary U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Dear Secretary Thompson: As part of its responsibilities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) monitors the implementation of…

February 20, 2004 – Letter to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH regarding the establishment of the National Children’s Study

February 20, 2004 Duane Alexander, M.D. Director National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health 9000 Rockville Pike Building 31 Bethesda, Maryland  20892 Dear Dr. Alexander: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), an advisory committee to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is charged with…

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiate Final Recommendation Information Sheet – Clinical Encounters – for the January 27, 2004 NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security Hearing

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet[1] Domain Title(s) and Team Lead Clinical Encounters: Gregg Seppala, VHA Scope Clinical encounter is defined by ASTM as “(1) an instance of direct provider/practitioner to patient interaction, regardless of the setting, between a patient and a practitioner vested with primary responsibility for diagnosing, evaluating or treating the patient’s condition,…

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet – Text-Based Reports for the January 27, 2004 NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security Hearing

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet[1] Domain Title and Team Leads: Text-Based Reports:  VA Co-Leads: Linda Nugent and Dr.Viet Nguyen (VA) Scope: Identify standards and terminologies used to define the messaging architecture and syntax of clinical text documents.  Initially, all clinical documents types were considered as possible sub-domains. Additional sub-domains were further delineated…

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet – Chemicals for the January 27, 2004 NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security Hearing

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Sheet Format[1] Domain Title and Team Lead: Chemicals: Steven J Steindel, Ph.D (CDC) Scope: To provide codes for chemicals of importance to health care outside of medications, which were covered in the CHI Medication standard. The workgroups feels that for health care purposes these chemicals will be those found…