Members of the American Health Information Community Consumer Empowerment Workgroup yesterday determined they would continue to explore the policy issues surrounding the secondary use of healthcare data. According to Karen Bell, MD, director of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of IT Adoption, “There’s no question that the secondary use of data is a big one.” The workgroup heard testimony on secondary uses of data from Charles Safran, MD, Harvard Medical School, who defined secondary use of data as that used for non-direct care, including analysis, quality, research, payment, provider certification, marketing and commercial activities. “We believe there is tremendous value in secondary use of health information,” Safran said. “It’s so important to national health, but we need to have better guidelines on how this information should flow.”
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