By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff
The US Health and Human Services this week proposed an update to rules dictating the privacy of health records, giving patients the right to see a record of the people who have looked at their electronic files.
Health care providers are already required to track access to these records, though they are not required to provide the information to patients.
Read this post on a conversation I had earlier this week with Dr. David Bates, executive director of the Center for Patient Research and Practice at Brigham and Women's Hospital, about the balancing act involved in keeping records secure and expanding their use in research. Then tell me what you think? Would the new rule ease your concerns? What other steps do you think are necessary?
You can see the full proposal and submit comments to HHS here.
