OIG names 2017 goals: Bolstering HHS and NIH data security, tackling EHR challenges

Healthcare IT News: The Office of Inspector General has the National Institute of Health's security and data control in its crosshairs. Its recently released 2017 agenda highlighted the need to ensure protection and privacy of Precision Medicine Initiative volunteer data.

The 2016 fiscal year budget provided $200 million to NIH for PMI and more than 1 million volunteers will provide personal health information under the program to be studied by researchers. Official said securing this data is a high priority.

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