OCR’s guidance presents hypothetical scenarios and key questions to help app developers determine when they are subject to HIPAA regulations. On February 11, the Department of Health and Human ...

What if Artificial Intelligence (AI) is deployed within a health system to apply machine learning to patient information, in part, to allow patients to download information and wellness numbers (such ...

Federal regulators have issued new guidance, including material to clarify for healthcare entities and software developers various scenarios where HIPAA regulations might apply to mobile health ...

The federal government is continuing its push to help those in the healthcare industry better understand HIPAA regulations--most recently releasing guidance focusing on mHealth. The new guidance ...

HIPAA isn’t as cut and dry as some might have you believe, and many healthcare agencies violate it without realizing they’ve done so. Unfortunately, ignorance is no excuse. You need to make sure you ...

Privacy laws in the U.S. protect confidential medical information. But the next crop of healthcare professionals say they would violate those privacy laws—for a ...

In her first column, Lindy Benton of healthcare information exchange company MEA/NEA discussed what the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is and how breaches of information ...

In a setting where the nurse is both a patient and an employee, whether a HIPAA issue may be involved depends on the circumstances. Let's look at 3 hypothetical scenarios. Scenario 1. Your supervisor ...

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