Handbook AS-353 Revision: Administrative Support for USPS Health Connect Effective March 31, 2016, the Postal Service™ is revising Handbook AS-353, Guide to Privacy, the Freedom of Information Act, and Records Management, to include these modifications which were published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2015 (80 FR 48935–48936). The Postal Service is providing a […]
From the National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) The Postal Service is currently beta testing the online USPS Health Connect Portal, which purports to provide employees with the ability to establish a personal health records profile so the employee can securely collect, store, and manage his or her health records online. The Service promotes the […]
10/16/2015 – The APWU is discouraging union members from participating in a voluntary program established by the Postal Service that creates an online database of their health records, APWU President Mark Dimondstein has announced. “Last year’s cyber attack on the Postal Service demonstrates the danger in posting sensitive personal information in an online database maintained […]
In September of last year, Billy Mitchell from FedScoop.com reported that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT within the Health and Human Services Department planned to collaborate with the U.S. Postal Service to build health record interoperability tools. Karen DeSalvo, national coordinator for Health Information Technology, told an ACT-IAC health care panel, […]