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AHIMA show reveals a privacy conundrum

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Privacy, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, and at the American Health Information Management Association’s annual convention this week, privacy in its varied interpretations was a recurrent theme, including a day-long, “privacy institute” the day before the show officially opened for its three-day run in Philadelphia.

I can’t tell you any more about the institute, because it was, well, private. For AHIMA members only, it was probably pretty interesting, given the organization’s longstanding reputation as an advocate for patient privacy and its involvement (through an affiliate organization) in recent years as a government contractor on several projects with direct and indirect privacy implications.

Once the convention got under way, though, there were several, more readily accessible educational sessions devoted to privacy and one general session address. One was a panel discussion, provocatively titled, “Tales from the Crypt—HIPAA in the Real World.” The convention guide said of the session: “HIPAA is not for the faint of heart. Practical solutions to real problems that can bring a potential nightmare to a satisfactory end.”

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