Cassie Fambro reports: As the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines roll out in the coming weeks, the CDC is asking recipients to download an app to learn how the vaccine affects people after getting it. If UAB physician Dr. Joy Henningsen were to experience any side-effects, she can report them straight to the CDC through their…
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Menstruation apps store excessive information, privacy charity says
Sarah Marsh reports: Menstruation apps are unnecessarily storing personal data such as what medication women are on, their birth control habits and how hard women find it to reach orgasm, privacy campaigners have said. A study of five leading apps by Privacy International, a UK-based charity, found that companies held intimate information on users including answers…
The New HIPAA NPRM—The Latest and Greatest in the Evolution of the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Kirk J. Nahra of WilmerHale writes: Following a pattern of familiarity for health lawyers, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a substantial Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in December at the end of an administration.[1] The NPRM is intended to revise the Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…
OCR Issues Guidance on HIPAA, Health Information Exchanges, and Disclosures of Protected Health Information for Public Health Purposes
Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance on how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) permits covered entities and their business associates to use health information exchanges (HIEs) to disclose protected health information (PHI) for the public health activities…