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Advisory Panel OKs Privacy Standards

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The HIT Standards Committee, a federal advisory panel created under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has approved recommendations of its privacy and security workgroup. That moves the recommendations one step closer to being final, although they still face several more hurdles.

The recommendations provide data standards and guidelines to support privacy and security requirements under the law's meaningful use provisions for certified electronic health records. They also clarify where options exist, such as where dual standards are required or an implementer is given a choice between Standard A and Standard B.

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