01-18-95 Symposium on Electronic Privacy in Healthcare

CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE PRIVACY ISSUES RAISED BY NATIONAL
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTH CARE REFORM

     COLUMBUS -- Two high-profile national policy initiatives --
the so-called Information Superhighway and health care reform --
have significant and interconnected implications for individual
privacy.  A one-day symposium Jan. 27 at The Ohio State
University will bring together experts from the United States and
Canada to explore the privacy issues raised by the proliferation
of information gathering technologies in all aspects of our
lives, with particular emphasis on health care applications.

     The symposium is sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study
in Telecommunications, the National Regulatory Research
Institute, the Department of Communications, The Ohio State
University Hospitals and the Ohio Supercomputer Center -- all
located at Ohio State.  The sessions, which run from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m., will be held in the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St.

     The symposium is designed specifically for information
specialists, attorneys, healthcare administrators and others
directly affected by the issues, but it is open to all.  There is
a $100 registration fee, which includes meals and materials.

     The symposium will include a general overview of the topic,
as well as separate in-depth and multi-perspective presentations
on privacy issues related to the information infrastructure and
health care reform.  In addition, there will be time allotted for
creation of scenarios and proposals and for audience interaction
with the speakers at each session.

     Speakers include:

     Robert Belair, editor of Privacy and American Business and a
prominent legal consultant on privacy issues.

     Janlori Goldman, deputy director of the Center for Democracy
and Technology.

     Mary Gardiner Jones, former member of the Federal Trade
Commission and an expert on medical records privacy issues.

     Pierrot Peladeau, vice president of a Canadian security
consulting and auditing firm and the leading expert on Quebec's
new comprehensive data protection law.

     Jeffrey Ritter of the Ohio Supercomputer Center and chair of
the American Bar Association's Subcommittee on Electronic
Commercial Practices.

     James Rule, professor of sociology at SUNY-Stony Brook and
author of two books: The Politics of Privacy and Private Lives
and Public Surveillance.

     Bruce Schneier, author of books on applied cryptography and
electronic mail privacy.

     To register or for more information, call Vicente Berdayes
at the Center for Advanced Study in Telecommunications, (614)
292-0080.

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NOTE TO REPORTERS:  If you would like to arrange an interview
with any of the speakers, please call Vicente Berdayes at the
Center for Advanced Study in Telecommunications, (614) 292-0800
by Jan. 26.  In most cases, the speakers will be available before
or after their presentations.


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