The Health and Human Services Department needs to exert stronger leadership in determining how to apply privacy to health IT initiatives. The agency is only in the early stages of privacy efforts and its plans are unclear, the Government Accountability Office said. HHS needs a comprehensive approach as part of its national strategy for health IT, including detailed plans, milestones and mechanisms to monitor the progress of privacy and other health IT developments, said David Powner, GAO

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