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Personally identifiable information in state laws: Use, release, and collaboration at health departments
Begley EB , Ware JM , Hexem SA , Rapposelli K , Thompson K , Penn MS , Aquino GA . Am J Public Health 2017 107 (8) e1-e5 Despite benefits to sharing data among public health programs, confidentiality laws are often presumed to obstruct collaboration or data sharing. We present an overview of the use and release of confidential, personally identifiable information as consistent with public health interests and identify opportunities to align data-sharing procedures with use and release provisions in state laws to improve program outcomes. In August 2013, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff and legal researchers from the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium conducted a review of state laws regulating state and local health departments in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nearly all states and the District of Columbia employ provisions for the general use and release of personally identifiable information without patient consent; disease-specific use or release provisions vary by state. Absence of law regarding use and release provisions was noted. Health departments should assess existing state laws to determine whether the use or release of personally identifiable information is permitted. Absence of direction should not prevent data sharing but prompt an analysis of existing provisions in confidentiality laws. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print June 22, 2017: e1-e5. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303862). |
Program collaboration and service integration activities among HIV programs in 59 U.S. health departments
Fitz Harris LF , Toledo L , Dunbar E , Aquino GA , Nesheim SR . Public Health Rep 2014 129 33-42 OBJECTIVES: We identified the level and type of program collaboration and service integration (PCSI) among HIV prevention programs in 59 CDC-funded health department jurisdictions. METHODS: Annual progress reports (APRs) completed by all 59 health departments funded by CDC for HIV prevention activities were reviewed for collaborative and integrated activities reported by HIV programs for calendar year 2009. We identified associations between PCSI activities and funding, AIDS diagnosis rate, and organizational integration. RESULTS: HIV programs collaborated with other health department programs through data-related activities, provider training, and providing funding for sexually transmitted disease (STD) activities in 24 (41%), 31 (53%), and 16 (27%) jurisdictions, respectively. Of the 59 jurisdictions, 57 (97%) reported integrated HIV and STD testing at the same venue, 39 (66%) reported integrated HIV and tuberculosis testing, and 26 (44%) reported integrated HIV and viral hepatitis testing. Forty-five (76%) jurisdictions reported providing integrated education/outreach activities for HIV and at least one other disease. Twenty-six (44%) jurisdictions reported integrated partner services among HIV and STD programs. Overall, the level of PCSI activities was not associated with HIV funding, AIDS diagnoses, or organizational integration. CONCLUSIONS: HIV programs in health departments collaborate primarily with STD programs. Key PCSI activities include integrated testing, integrated education/outreach, and training. Future assessments are needed to evaluate PCSI activities and to identify the level of collaboration and integration among prevention programs. |
Program collaboration and service integration in the prevention and control of HIV infection, viral hepatitis, STDs, and tuberculosis in the U.S.: lessons learned from the field
Fenton KA , Aquino GA , Dean HD . Public Health Rep 2014 129 1-4 his supplemental issue of Public Health Reports (PHR) presents a selection of innovative approaches, studies, and lessons learned from efforts to implement program collaboration and service integration (PCSI) in the prevention and control of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB) in the United States. Promotion of a comprehensive approach for these diseases is an important cross-cutting goal for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).1 | NCHHSTP's PCSI efforts are intended to strengthen collaborative work across disease areas and to integrate services that are provided by related programs at the client level. The catalyst for this systems change stems from the enhanced understanding of how these diseases synergistically relate with one another.2 With the rise of infectious disease syndemics (e.g., HIV and TB3) and the resultant increase in burden of disease,4 guidance has been produced to help state and local health departments better integrate service delivery.2,5–7 PCSI aims to organize and blend interrelated prevention strategies in an effort to provide more comprehensive delivery of services.2 |
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