This legislation will promote the responsible and beneficial use of personal health information while safeguarding confidentiality and minimizing the potential harm to individuals from the use of their data. It is not IEEE-USA's purpose to specify its support on each of the following principles. Rather, it is IEEE-USA's purpose to provide these principles for inclusion in discussions of legislation addressing privacy, confidentiality and security issues. We believe these compiled principles will serve as a framework to help those in the legislative process determine how to resolve these important concerns in the most appropriate manner. We recommend that these principles be thoughtfully and thoroughly discussed, including possible exceptions and potential implications.
Individuals have a right to access in a timely manner to their health information.
Individuals have a right to copy, in a timely manner, their health information. Individuals have the right to withhold their health information. Individuals have the right to segregate their health information from shared medical records. Individuals have the right to the integrity of their health information. Individuals have a right to control the access, disclosure of their health information and to specify limitations on period of time and purpose of use.