California Office of Health Information Integrity

Effective August 1, 2008, the California Office of HIPAA Implementation (CalOHII) changed its name to the Office of Health Information Integrity (CalOHII). This change was made to reflect the Office's expanding new role supporting the Health and Human Services Agency’s health information exchange (HIE) initiatives.

CalOHII is now working with a wide spectrum of healthcare stakeholders including representatives from the healthcare industry, consumers, and privacy and security advocates to develop new privacy and security standards to enable the adoption and application of health information exchange in California. In addition, CalOHII is working on a number of items on the administration health information technology agenda including the expansion of broadband throughout California, the implementation of telehealth, and support to the Health Information Technology Financing study. Many of the activities that support these projects involve other state and government partners and are well beyond the original scope of the CalOHII.