Joseph Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: It can be cathartic responding to a negative online review. It can also backfire, as can failing to cooperate with an OCR investigation as required under HIPAA. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced four enforcement actions, one against a small dental practice that imposed a $50,000 civil monetary penalty under HIPAA….
Category: Healthcare
Privacy group issues warning about danger to patient information
Todd Shryock reports: The Confidentiality Coalition and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange sent a letter to the Commerce and HHS Secretaries outlining their concerns with allowing unregulated third-party apps to get access to patient health information. The Confidentiality Coalition is composed of a broad group of hospitals, medical teaching colleges, health plans, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, vendors…
Taking Care of Health Data
A new report of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) explores how pseudonymisation techniques can help increase the protection of health data. […] The report published today builds on the previous works of ENISA and explores the different techniques of pseudonymisation in the context of simple use cases. Download Deploying Pseudonymisation Techniques Read the…
Idaho’s Proposed Abortion Ban Lets Rapists’ Families Profit Off Bounties
Nick Visser reports: An Idaho bill that would allow a pregnant woman’s family members to sue abortion providers also includes a controversial twist. It would allow a rapist’s family members to sue the victim’s doctor under the same proposal, the legislation’s Republican sponsor confirmed this week. The Idaho bill, S.B. 1309, is modeled after Texas’ 6-week abortion…