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Medical Privacy Policies of Large U.S. Companies Have Major Deficiencies
House Committee on Government Reform Special Investigations Division
House Committee on Government Reform
Special Investigations Division
Abstract
The Special Investigations Divisions of the House Committee on Government Reform investigated the major US company policies for protecting the privacy of employee health records. The Department of Health and Human Services along with members of Congress created the following proposals for protecting privacy; (1) Prohibit use or disclosure of health information without authorization; (2) Require that use and disclosure of health information be limited to the minimum amount necessary; (3) Give individuals the right to review, copy, and request amendments for their own medical records, and; (4) Establish an enforcement scheme to address failures to comply with medical privacy. This report evaluated if the aforementioned recommendations were being implemented in Fortune 500 companies. The investigation revealed that most major US companies say they safeguard privacy of employee health records but have policies with major deficiencies failing to set forth basic privacy protections regarding employee health records.
Date
2000-04-06
Document Type
House Minority Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
104 pages
Congress
106
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports, House, Democratic
PAP Major Code
2: Civil Rights, Minority Issues, and Civil Liberties
PAP Minor Code
208: Right to Privacy and Access to Government Information
Related Hearings
• Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, field hearing on "Medical Records Privacy," 106th Cong., (1999, March 15)
Press Releases and Contextual Information
https://web.archive.org/web/20051024224936/http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/story.asp?ID=175&Issue=Medical+Privacy