The California Privacy and Security Advisory Board (CalPSAB) Privacy
Committee will establish and maintain patient privacy standards for the exchange
of health information consistent with California and federal laws.
The Committee is composed of industry and consumer representatives with privacy
policy, technical and clinical expertise. The current committee membership
consists of over thirty clinicians, healthcare administrators, technical
experts, policy advocates, patient privacy specialists, and concerned community
members.
The Privacy Committee utilizes task groups to do focus work on specific issues.
Privacy Committee Co-Chairpersons:
| Cassi Birnbaum, Director |
Monica Moldovan |
| Health Information/Privacy Officer |
Health Care Information Privacy & Security |
| Rady Children’s Hospital of San Diego |
UC Davis Health Systems |
| Phone: 858-966-4095 |
Phone: 916-734-8558 |
| Email: cbirnbaum@rchsd.org |
Email: monica.moldovan@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu |
Task Groups
The Privacy Committee utilizes task groups to do focus work on specific issues.
The current focus groups are listed below:
Applicability Joint Task Group
Original Privacy Co-Chairpersons/Contacts:
Joint Task Group Co-Chairpersons/Contacts:
The Applicability Task Group was formed to determine how to apply electronic
health information exchange (eHIE) standards to safeguard an individuals’ health
information. The task group is currently deciding from four alternatives how
entities will apply the standards. The four options under consideration are
applying the standards: 1) based on data fields; 2) based on categories of data
use; 3) to HIPPA-covered entities only; or 4) to all entities who handle
individually identifiable health information. Additionally, the task group will
consider a blend of various alternatives.
Baseline Standards Task Group
Co-Chairpersons/Contacts:
The Baseline Standards Task Group is evaluating core existing sets of privacy
standards including Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
and various California laws. It will recommend a single or blended set of
existing privacy standards that will form a base for privacy standards analysis
and proposals.
Consent Task Group
Co-Chairpersons/Contacts:
The Consent Task Group is identifying alternatives available to patients to
control their personal health information that is subject to electronic health
information exchange in different health care situations. Their goal is to
provide a proposal to the Committee that balances the providers need for health
information with the patients’ rights to privacy while taking into consideration
the laws that protect specified health information.
For more information on the CalPSAB Privacy Committee, please contact CalOHI:
Kathleen Delaney-Greenbaum
Privacy Committee Manager
1600 9th Street Suite 460
Sacramento, CA 95814
Email: KDelaney@ohi.ca.gov