Sens. Reintroduce Privacy Law for Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, and Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, reintroduced the Protecting Jessica Grubbs Legacy Act, a privacy bill designed to modernize 42 CFR Part 2 regulations to...Senate Bill Would Create Federal Data Protection Agency
Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-New York, recently unveiled her take on privacy legislation, which would establish a federal data protection agency (DPA) to give consumers more control over their...eHI, CDT Partner on Consumer Privacy Framework for Health Data
eHealth Initiative and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) are partnering on the development of a consumer privacy framework for health data not currently protected by HIPAA. The Building a...Privacy Leaders: Congress, Not ONC, Holds Onus for Health App Privacy
Industry stakeholders are urging the Office of the National Coordinator to release its proposed interoperability and information blocking rules without delay, in response to a recent push from EHR...AHIP: CMS Price Transparency Proposal Poses Patient Privacy Risk
In November, the Trump Administration rolled out broad transparency rules designed to provide consumers with more insights into how much hospitals charge health insurers for both out-of- and in-network...Lawsuits Filed Against Health Quest, Tidelands After Data Breach Reports
Health Quest and Tidelands Health are both facing lawsuits after the providers reported potential data breaches. Health Quest recently added more patients to the tally of victims impacted by a 2018...CCFH Urges Lawmakers, OCR to Uphold Patient Privacy Protections
Citizens Council for Health Freedom is calling on state legislators to defend the Minnesota Health Records Act (MHRA) following reports of some major healthcare partnerships with large tech companies,...NIST Shares Enterprise Risk Management Privacy Framework
NIST recently released its privacy framework designed to provide organizations with privacy protection strategies to improve their current methods for using and protecting sensitive data,...Could Patient Privacy Awareness Drive Health IT Innovation in 2020?
The past year in health IT security was one of the worst seen in recent years, with multiple breaches each impacting several millions of patients. Patients are also growing increasingly aware of their...Consumer Adoption of Health Tech Slowed by Privacy, Security Concerns
While more than half of American consumers believe that technology can shed light on their healthcare and foster strong relationships with their providers, privacy and security concerns have a direct...Sponsored by ClearDATA
What Pharma Needs to Know about Compliance Regulation in the Cloud
An increasing portion of healthcare is moving its business and data to the cloud. About two-thirds of healthcare technology leaders reported using the cloud or cloud services, according to a 2017 HIMSS...Sponsored by Insight
Mobile Devices in Healthcare Increase, as Do Security Challenges
Healthcare organizations are deploying mobile devices in greater numbers to improve employee productivity and patient experience. In fact, 90 percent of healthcare IT decision-makers surveyed recently...Woman Charges WV Firm With Violating Her Patient Privacy Rights
Elizabeth Fry, a resident of Logan County, West Virginia, has filed a state lawsuit in Kanasha Circuit Court charging that Charleston-based Molina Information Systems violated her patient privacy...Sponsored by Insight
Securing Patient Data While Embracing Innovation
Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking to the latest technologies to improve patient care and cost efficiencies. These technologies include telemedicine and virtual care, mobile devices and...Sponsored by Insight
Best Practices for Providers to Secure Patient Data
The number and frequency of cyberthreats to patient data show no sign of slowing down, with hackers devoting more time and resources to stealing patient data. As a result, healthcare organizations are...Sponsored Article