Genetic information and RM (data types and structures)

Korag This may well be the way to go soon - but I would think that an external datatype would be better for the moment as the representation will probably not be uniform (and openEHR should not impose uniformity in such a domain). Also, we would see the genome as only forming part of the genetic

Patient Privacy: Impact of Outsourcing

Hi All, The following link is to an article appearing in the San Francisco Chronicle online version, May 14, 2003 entitled: LAZARUS AT LARGE Kaiser exporting privacy http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/14 /BU307139.DTLtype=tech Unfortunately this has been

Genetic information and RM (data types and structures)

Korag and Sam, As you may know, we have recently initiated a new SIG at HL7 called Clinical-Genomics, focusing on the use of genomic data in clinical scenarios. In particular I've been working on the usecase of tissue typing where more and more genomic data are being used to make the new methods

Patient Privacy: Impact of Outsourcing

Hi Tom, I'm not sure I'd call this a dead horse. The HIPAA Security Rule talks a bit about the need for sanctions as a component of achieving compliance at 68 FR 8347 (first column). The sanction policy is a required implementation specification because -- (1) the statute requires covered