NIH announces May conference on the HIPAA rules and research

NIH announces May conference on the HIPAA rules and research

Continuing its efforts to educate the research community, the NIH is holding a one-day conference on May 26, 2004 entitled, "HIPAA and the Privacy Rule: One Year Into Privacy Rule Implementation." The conference will examine how research has been affected by the implementation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

Topics to be covered include: clinical research, repositories and databases, health services research, mental health research, and public health activities. Speakers include officials from NIH, the HHS Office for Civil Rights, the HHS Office for Human Research Protections, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

There are no fees to attend this meeting, but participants must pay their own travel and lodging costs. Registration is required. To register online, go to www.capconcorp.com/hipaa04.

Source: NOT-OD-04-036, NIH Guide, week ending April 2, 2004