The Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) hosted a free day-long public Roundtable on "Personal Health Records — Understanding the Evolving Landscape" on December 3, 2010. The Roundtable was designed to inform ONC’s Congressionally mandated report on privacy and security requirements for non-Covered Entities (non-CEs), with a focus on personal health records (PHRs) and related service providers (Section 13424 of the HITECH Act).

The Roundtable included four panels of prominent researchers, legal scholars, and representatives of consumer, patient, and industry organizations. It addressed the current state and evolving nature of PHRs and related technologies (including mobile technologies and social networking), consumer and industry expectations and attitudes toward privacy and security practices, and the pros and cons of different approaches to the requirements that should apply to non-CE PHRs and related technologies.

Public comments are now closed. Please view the responses.

MEETING MATERIALS: Agenda Panel Descriptions Moderator/Panelist Bios Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Panel 4	WEB ARCHIVE: Web archive available until Monday, December 5, 2011. Morning session Presentation [PDF - 98 KB] Afternoon session Presentation [PDF - 1.35 MB] *Please note: Apple QuickTime is required to view the video. To download and install QuickTime, visit www.apple.com/quicktime/download .
Read blog post on Personal Health Records: A Focus on Privacy and Security by HHS Privacy Officer Joy Pritts PHR Roundtable Transcript [PDF - 975 KB]