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The stakes are high for FemTech – as Benjamin Franklin noted: ‘it takes many good deeds to build a good reputation and only one bad one to lose it.’...more
Appropriately so, providers look first to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended (HIPAA), to ensure that they comply with regulations regarding patients’ protected health information...more
The 21st Century digital age has provided women with numerous sexual and reproductive health tools that track periods, ovulation, and pregnancy. By simply plugging certain health data inputs into these apps, women can now...more
In May, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed changes (the “Proposed Rule”) to the Health Breach Notification Rule (the “Rule”), which, among other items, emphasize that the Rule applies to mobile health applications...more
Background: The pandemic era ushered in exponential growth in the use of remote capabilities for all areas of life, with one of the most critical being the rise in telemedicine. Along with that expansion came an explosion in...more
On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Public Comment (“NPRM”) seeking to amend the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”). We previously wrote about the...more
On May 17, District of Colombia Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced the settlement of an investigation into Easy Healthcare Corporation, requiring the company to change its privacy practices involving the ovulation...more
On April 27, 2023, the Washington state governor signed into law the My Health My Data Act, also known as the MHMDA. The majority of the law’s provisions will take effect on March 31, 2024, providing companies with one...more
The Washington My Health My Data Act (the MHMD Act) was signed into law on April 27, 2023, creating new restrictions on the collection and disclosure of "consumer health data" by companies in Washington or that is related to...more
On July 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published “Location, health, and other sensitive information: FTC committed to fully enforcing the law against illegal use and sharing of highly sensitive data,” on its...more
Under federal law, much of the health data recorded from wearable devices, health care applications, and health IoT devices is beyond the reach of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which...more
Last week’s news that the Federal Trade Commission is taking steps to begin rulemaking on consumer privacy and artificial intelligence drew plenty of attention from privacy professionals, and suggests 2022 could be an...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently issued guidance clarifying protections applicable to consumers’ sensitive personal data increasingly collected by so-called “health apps.” The FTC press release indicated it has...more
In this episode, Rebecca Schaefer interviews Gina Bertolini and Desiree Moore about the recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) policy statement regarding the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule and its applicability to vendors...more
Last week’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Open Commission Meeting (Open Meeting) featured a number of agency developments that will drive its approach to privacy, data security, and AI/algorithmic decision-making during...more
On September 15, 2021, recognizing the ever-increasing growth and use of mobile health apps as well as connected devices that capture individuals' health data, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Policy Statement...more
The pace of innovation in healthcare today has produced an amazing increase in the number of available mobile apps for health-related information. More than 300,000 healthcare apps are available online. These apps are...more
The use of new technologies such as digital health applications, telemedicine, and information exchanges can provide game-changing benefits for providers and patients alike. However, with increased sharing comes increased...more
As federal and state governments struggle to address future healthcare regulation, demand for healthcare that is cheaper, better and faster continues to surge. Every day, new healthcare apps are being developed to respond...more
New York AG Settles Data Protection Enforcement Against Mobile Health Apps - After a year-long investigation into mobile health apps claiming to be able to measure vital signs or health indicators through smartphone...more
Welcome to the third issue of our European Life Sciences Review that covers some of the most critical developments in the pharmaceutical and medical technology sectors in the last month and is produced by our life sciences...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued a warning regarding vulnerabilities in third-party applications used by entities covered by HIPAA. The OCR warning applies...more
With expenditures of over $ 3 trillion of market in the field of health care in the United States is huge. Incentives of the Federal Government for the introduction of electronic medical records resulted increasingly in the...more
The healthcare market in the United States is massive, with total spending in excess of $3 trillion. Federal government incentives for the adoption of electronic health records has resulted in an increasingly interoperable...more
This Halloween, the scariest monsters might not be in your closet or under your bed. They may be overseas, orchestrating intrusions into your electronic medical record. Or they may be lurking in your own workforce, carrying...more