[Med-privacy] 26 groups seek patient privacy in national health network legislation

[Peter Marshall]

For Immediate Release April 5, 2006
Contact:=A0 Karen Hinton, 703-798-3109
karen@karenhinton.com


26 Groups =46rom Across Political Spectrum
Combine Forces to Protect Medical Privacy
In Health Information Technology Legislation

Washington, DC - As Congress moves rapidly to build a national=20
electronic health system, a coalition of 26 organizations representing=20=

constituencies across the political and ideological spectrum will urge=20=

the U.S. House of Representatives to build a patient-centered system=20
with patient privacy rights at the core of any national HIT=20
legislation.

WHAT:=A0
Press Conference to Announce Coalition and Congressional Letter of=20
Support
WHO:
Representatives of foundations and advocacy groups, including Family=20
Research=A0Council,=A0=A0 American Civil Liberties Union, Free Congress=20=

Foundation, Electronic Privacy Information Center and Patient Privacy=20
Rights

Also in attendance will be U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy
WHERE:
Cannon Terrace (outside the entrance of the Cannon House Office=20
Building, at the corner of Independence and New Jersey Avenue)
WHEN:
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
10:30 a.m.


Web site:=A0 http://www.patientprivacyrights.org/

=93I Want My Medical Privacy=94 Petition:=A0=20
www.patientprivacyrights.org/petition