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Data Privacy Guide - Argentina

In Argentina, data protection is governed by comprehensive legislation aimed at safeguarding individuals' personal data. Below you will find an outline of the key aspects including governing legislation, exploring their scope...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Automated External Defibrillators: An Untapped Source of Medical Records?

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An estimated 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest deaths occur each year in the U.S. Approximately 10% of those who experience out-of-hospital cardiac events survive. Use of automated external defibrillators (AED), however,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 8. Privacy Briefs: August 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 8 (August, 2022) - The Department of Justice (DOJ) seized around $500,000 in Bitcoin ransom paid by two health care organizations in Kansas and Colorado to North Korean ransomware actors...more

Conyers

Understanding PIPA: Defining Our Individual Rights

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In this four-part series, Conyers continues diving into different topics relating to Bermuda’s privacy legislation, including: why we need privacy legislation and its purpose, how to prepare for the Personal Information...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Sprint Regulations Encourage Investment in EHR and Cybersecurity Technology

On December 2, 2020, under the Trump Administration's "Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care" initiative, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) published final...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

Use of PHI for Non-Patient Purposes

In an era of decreasing reimbursement and rapidly expanding opportunities associated with “big data”, healthcare entities may be looking for ways to monetize protected health information (“PHI”) for their own, non-patient...more

McDermott Will & Emery

CMS Releases Proposed Rule to Advance Interoperability and the Exchange of Medical Record and Plan Information

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CMS issued a long-awaited proposed rule aimed at enhancing interoperability and increasing patient access to health information. If finalized, CMS’s proposed rule may require hospitals and payors to make significant...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

Record Retention and Destruction for Wyoming Healthcare Entities

Medical Record Retention Guidelines for Wyoming Clients frequently ask us how long they should retain medical records and related business records. The answer depends on various factors, including the type of record,...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

Record Retention and Destruction for Utah Healthcare Entities

Medical Record Retention Guidelines for Utah Clients frequently ask us how long they should retain medical records and related business records. The answer depends on various factors, including the type of record, applicable...more

Holland & Hart - Health Law Blog

Record Retention and Destruction for Idaho Healthcare Entities

Medical Record Retention Guidelines for Idaho Clients frequently ask us how long they should retain medical records and related business records. The answer depends on various factors, including the type of record,...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | January 2019

Going Deep on the California Consumer Privacy Act - The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been called the beginning of America’s GDPR. As the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States, entities doing...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Significance to Businesses of the California Legislature’s Last-Minute Revisions to the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act

• The California Legislature passed SB 1121 to revise certain sections of the CCPA – the nation’s strictest privacy protection statute which provides Californians with a right to learn what personal information certain...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Practical GDPR Steps for US-Headquartered Life Sciences Companies

In case you had not heard, the European Union is replacing its current privacy laws with a new, comprehensive General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect May 25, 2018. The essential principles of the EU’s...more

Baker Donelson

Peer Review Not Protected: U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Disturb Florida Decision Limiting the Patient Safety and Quality...

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A multi-year discovery dispute regarding the adverse medical incident reports of a Jacksonville, Florida hospital concluded on October 2, 2017 when the United States Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari in...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Health Conscious? The EEOC Is Expanding Incentives for Employees’ Spouses

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Employee wellness programs are frequently a source of ulcer-causing angst for employers, but the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is making moves to treat some of the underlying issues. Late last week, the EEOC...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York’s Health Information Highway – SHIN-NY – Get Involved as it Gets Rolling

The Statewide Health Information Network of New York , also referred to as SHIN-NY, is a State-sponsored secure database network that is intended to house patient records, clinical data as well as other critical health care...more

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