Meta Sued For Violating Patient Privacy, Scraping Health Data From Hospitals
In the wake of detailed allegations of patient privacy violations covered in a report co-published by The Markup and STAT, Meta (the parent company of Facebook) is facing a lawsuit over the use of its...Senators Aim to Ban Data Brokers From Selling Health Data With New Bill
US Senators introduced the Health and Location Data Protection Act, which would ban data brokers from selling location and health data in anticipation of the potential repeal of Roe v. Wade. Elizabeth...Potential Roe v. Wade Repeal Sparks Data Security, Patient Privacy Concerns
The potential repeal of Roe v. Wade has sparked data security and patient privacy concerns, prompting 40 congressional Democrats to pen a letter to Google asking them to stop collecting and retaining...State-by-State Legal Inconsistencies Challenge Adolescent Patient Privacy
State and federal legal inconsistencies, the proliferation of EHRs, and information blocking rules under the 21st Century Cures Act present challenges to preserving adolescent patient privacy, an...New Framework Helps Healthcare Assess Privacy, Security of Digital Health Apps
The American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), and other industry leaders released a new framework to help providers and patients assess the...Employee Email Warnings Reduce EHR Snooping, Unauthorized PHI Access
Only 2 percent of healthcare employees who received an email warning after committing unauthorized protected health information (PHI) access carried out the same offense again, a research letter...Sponsored by SecureLink
