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Michigan Legislature Introduces Reproductive Health Privacy Bill

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On November 7, 2024, Michigan lawmakers in the Senate introduced the Reproductive Data Privacy Act (“RDPA”), also known as Senate Bill 1082 (SB 1082).  The bill aims to strengthen privacy protections for sensitive...more

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FTC Cracks Down on BetterHelp’s Sharing of Health Information for Advertising

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Following its February settlement with GoodRx, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fired another shot across the bow in its ongoing campaign to protect consumers’ digital health information. Earlier this month the FTC...more

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Proposed Changes to Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Rules Would Support Better Care, Decrease Stigma,...

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Amid the ongoing proliferation of headlines about the mental health crisis in the United States, of which substance use disorder is a large part, the recent issuance by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

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Compliance Perspectives: The Ethics of Data

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Digitalization and the proliferation of apps have changed the relationship in healthcare between data, the patient and provider, explains Hema Lakkaraju, CEO and founder of Hayag Corporation. It is often unclear who is...more

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As Covered Entities Inch Toward Normalcy, Thorny Worker, Patient Privacy Issues Arise

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Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 6 (June 2020): Being a health care provider in the midst of a pandemic is complicated enough, between offering telehealth services, perhaps for the first time, and helping workers continue...more

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Data Sharing Being Emphasized in the Battle Against COVID-19

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In effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, we are beginning to see regulatory regimes increase the focus on data sharing with public health authorities, as well as some targeted loosening of privacy protections in the hope...more

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Google Health's Partnerships Raise Privacy Concerns

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Google Health’s Partnerships Raise Privacy Concerns - Recently, Google has been at the center of privacy concerns due to its health- sharing collaborations with the University of Chicago Medical Center (the Medical Center)...more

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ONC Proposes to Define Conduct That Is Not Information Blocking under the Cures Act

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The ONC finally released its long-awaited proposed rule to implement the “information blocking” prohibition of the 21st Century Cures Act by identifying conduct that is not information blocking. If finalized, ONC’s proposed...more

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Negotiating the Tension Between Transparency and Privacy

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Making individual patient-level data available for other research presents companies with challenges, but researchers and companies can take steps to minimize the risks. Originally published in Drug and Medical Device,...more

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White House Releases Draft Privacy Principles for the Precision Medicine Initiative

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Six months after the Precision Medicine Initiative’s (Initiative’s) debut, the White House has released a working draft of proposed privacy and trust principles (the Principles) to govern future design and development efforts...more

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