[Med-privacy] New HIPAA Guide

[Bob Gellman]

*For immediate release*

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*World Privacy Forum Publishes /A Patient’s Guide to HIPAA/, First 
Comprehensive HIPAA Privacy Guide Written Expressly For Patients*

*San Diego, CA, March 31, 2009* – */A Patient’s Guide to HIPAA/* is a 
major new resource for consumers and patients published by the World 
Privacy Forum. The Patient’s Guide is available at 
http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/hipaa/index.html.

“This guide is not just a retread of what HIPAA is and does,” said Pam 
Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum. “Our guide gives 
patients practical details and strategies on how they can use the law to 
protect their privacy and navigate the medical system. Best of all, it 
is easy to use.”

The guide is constructed in an easily digestible, extremely 
consumer-friendly design. The Guide has four parts, including an 
introduction to medical privacy and a section on the seven basic patient 
rights in HIPAA. The complexities of HIPAA were tamed into 65 Frequently 
Asked Questions and Answers, all of which are readily available from a 
simple drop-down menu.

Health policy and privacy expert Robert Gellman wrote the Guide with 
assistance from Pam Dixon, World Privacy Forum executive director; John 
Fanning, former privacy advocate U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services; and Dr. Lewis Lorton, health technology and privacy expert. 
This is the first comprehensive guide to HIPAA that was written 
expressly for patients.

*/A Patient’s Guide to HIPAA/* is available at: 
http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/hipaa/index.html

*Contact:*

*Pam Dixon, executive director *

*World Privacy Forum *

*+1 (760) 436-2489 *

*info2009@worldprivacyforum.org *

*www.worldprivacyforum.org *

About the World Privacy Forum

The World Privacy Forum is a nonprofit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) public 
interest research group. The organization is focused on conducting 
in-depth research, analysis, and consumer education in the area of 
privacy. The World Privacy Forum has had notable successes with its 
work, which has been groundbreaking and consistently ahead of trends. 
World Privacy Forum reports have documented important new areas, 
including medical identity theft. Areas of focus for the World Privacy 
Forum include health care, technology, and the financial sector. The 
Forum was founded in 2003 and is based in California. More information 
is available at www.worldprivacyforum.org.

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