In his role as Director, Mid-States Region, Stephen Murphy, J.D., focuses on public health data access, data sharing, data modernization, public health authority and other issues. Prior to coming to the Network, Stephen was an attorney for the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) concentrating on public health data privacy and public health law. During his time at CDPH, Stephen was the City of Chicago HIPAA Privacy Officer and served on the department’s institutional review board.

Stephen has a law degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in economics and Spanish from University College Dublin, Ireland. Following law school, Stephen completed a judicial clerkship at the Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County Circuit. He is licensed to practice law in California and Illinois and is a native of Ireland.

Articles & Resources

Information Blocking Rule: A New Tool to Facilitate Public Health Data Collection

Law & Policy InsightsPublic Health Information Management, Privacy and SecurityMechanisms for Advancing Public Health

June 14, 2022
by Stephen Murphy

The COVID pandemic has brought into sharp focus the crucial nature of data in helping drive decision-making, directing public health interventions, focusing limited resources, and allocating precious grant dollars. The new federal Information Blocking Rule may provide local and state health departments with an additional tool to enhance collection of key public health data and overcome some of the barriers to reporting of data by health care providers and others.

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