[Med-privacy] individual control

[Peter Marshall]

*** NCVHS Can't Decide on Opt-In or Opt-Out Policy for NHIN ***

Unable to reach a consensus on how to give individuals some control of 
their own health records on a future national health information 
network (NHIN), the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 
(NCVHS) is recommending that the Department of Health and Human 
Services continue to study the issue and educate the public. NCVHS 
concluded that individuals should have the right to decide whether 
their electronic health records (EHRs) should be accessible via the 
national network, but the committee was split on whether the nation 
should adopt an opt-in or opt-out policy.

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