HIPAA Privacy Rule Resources and Contacts
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Association of American Medical Colleges
http://www.aamc.org/
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Association of American Medical Colleges
http://www.aamc.org/
American Hospital Association
http://www.aha.org
Health Privacy Project (sponsored by the Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown University)
http://www.healthprivacy.org/
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research
http://www.primr.org/
Workgroup for Electronic Data Exchange (a broad-based industry association which advises DHHS regarding EDI standards. Web site includes conference information, and health care EDI information).
http://www.wedi.org/
FEDERAL AGENCIES
Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov
Research Repositories, Databases, and the HIPAA Privacy Rule
http://privacyruleandresearch.nih.gov/research_repositories.asp
Administrative Simplification
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/
Office for Civil Rights
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/index.html
Office for Human Research Protection
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/
Office of Research Integrity
http://ori.hhs.gov
DHHS booklet on HIPAA and Research
http://privacyruleandresearch.nih.gov/pdf/HIPAA_Booklet_4-14-2003.pdf