Laws and/or Policies to Ensure Data Privacy and Patient Confidentiality in the International and Local Setting

HIPAA

A federal privacy law that sets a baseline protection for certain identifiable health information.

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule of 1996

Development was primarily due to the fact that IT is increasingly being used in the exchange of patient health information. The issue of protecting patient and patient data confidentiality was questioned.

With the HIPAA, the US Congress mandated the establishment of Federal standards to ensure the privacy of health information which could be individually identified. It provides clear standards for the protection of personal health information (US Office of the Civil Rights).

Effect of the HIPAA on establishment of federal standards to ensure privacy of health information

HITECH: Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009

Enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was signed into law on February 17, 2009, to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology, specifically the use of electronic health records.

Philippine eHealth Systems and Services Act - National Telehealth Policy

It is the intent of the Legislature to institutionalize a system of providing wide access and quality health care services through electronic means using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) or eHealth resulting in improved health outcomes for every Filipino.

utilization of informatics

One of the core competencies proposed by Institute of Medicine (IOM) which health clinicians should have in order to meet demands of the healthcare system in the 21st century

Health Privacy Code of Joint Administrative Order No. 2016-0002

Otherwise known as "Privacy Guidelines for the Implementation of the Philippine Health Information Exchange" Code; this Code prescribes the procedures and guidelines that ensures the protection of the privacy of a patient.

HIPAA

Privacy rule generally permits, but does not require, covered health care providers to give patients the choice as to whether their health information may be disclosed to others for certain key purposes which include treatment, payment and healthcare procedures

Philippine Republic Act 10173: Data Privacy Act of 2012

This law protects individuals from unauthorized processing of personal information that is (1) private, not publicly available; and (2) identifiable, where the identity of the individual is apparent either through direct attribution or when put together with other available information.

subtitle D of HITECH: Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009

addresses the privacy and security concerns associated with the electronic transmission of health information, in part, through several provisions that strengthen the civil and criminal enforcement of the HIPAA rules (Health Insurance Portability and accountability Act).

interoperability

the ability to share information across organizations. The ability to share patient data is extremely important, both within an organization and across organizational boundaries.