The Electronic Privacy Information Center is weighing in on the next No. 2 at the Department of Health and Human Services. In a Washington Post Health Brief, EPIC senior counsel Sara Geoghegan framed the central challenge: technology should help people participate more fully in their own care and genuinely improve health outcomes. She called that an "absolutely worthwhile goal."
The brief's headline points to three key issues for the HHS deputy role, though the excerpt focuses on Geoghegan's privacy-centered perspective. Her quote signals that privacy advocates will be watching how the department evaluates digital health tools, with a patient-first standard as the measure. Because only this single source is available, there are no differing views to compare, and the other two issues are not detailed in the excerpt.