Compliance and Value-Based Care
Podcast - Data Privacy and Tracking Technology Compliance
Podcast: Discussing the Implications of Healthcare Privacy Violations
Podcast: Discussing Information Blocking with Eddie Williams
AI Risks in Healthcare
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 131: Jordon Ritchie, Chief Executive Officer, Aimedica
Expanded Information Block Rules Go into Effect
Healthcare Privacy Walkthroughs
Podcast: Interoperability: Information Blocking Claims and Enforcement - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Interoperability: Health Care's Next Disruptor Is openEHR - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Interoperability: A New Vision Through openEHR - Diagnosing Health Care
HIPAA Tips With Williams Mullen - Health Care Providers - Are You Ready for a Ransomware Attack?
Hybrid Workforces and Compliance with Sheila Limmroth
Podcast: DOJ Goes After Civil Cyber-Fraud - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Interoperability - the Role of Health Information Exchanges - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast: Interoperability: The Provider Perspective - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast–Interoperability: How Far We’ve Come and Where We’re Going - Diagnosing Health Care
Getting Personal—Wearable Devices, Data, and Compliance
Gerry Blass on Healthcare Vendor Risk Management
AGG Talks: Technology - In the Balance: Interoperability and Security
The New York State legislature passed the Health Information Privacy Act (“NYHIPA”) on January 22, 2025, marking the second state to introduce a comprehensive consumer health data law. If passed, the NYHIPA imposes more...more
As the Trump administration stakes dramatically new positions on matters across the federal government, we are waiting to learn its view on the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy Final Rule,...more
The AI landscape saw developments coming in at a breakneck pace throughout January 2025. We’re diving into the latest executive orders from the new White House administration, proposed HIPAA security rule revisions addressing...more
To commemorate Data Privacy Day, we are pleased to outline Hinshaw's top five privacy predictions for 2025. We covered our strategic recommendations for privacy planning in our earlier alert, and today, we provide some...more
With the onslaught of new privacy, AI and cyber legislation coupled with promises for enforcement and class action litigation, running a well-functioning and flexible privacy and cyber program is increasingly a critical...more
In a major development for all businesses handling health data, New York lawmakers passed a sweeping health data privacy bill Wednesday that could have far-ranging consequences across the country. S929, also known as the New...more
Welcome to this month’s issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security, & Data Protection practice....more
Learning Objectives: - Explain the evolution of state data protection laws over the past year - Explore the focus on protecting health consumers - Describe practical approaches on how to build a privacy program when...more
New state privacy laws regulating health data impose significant obligations and heightened risks. In addition to existing laws in California, Colorado and other states, Washington State’s My Health My Data Act and Nevada’s...more
2023 brought a surge of data privacy developments, with a large expansion of state comprehensive privacy laws, litigation of new claims based on older laws (e.g. wiretapping and VPPA cases), increased scrutiny on data...more
On April 27, 2023, the Washington State governor signed into law the My Health My Data Act or the MHMDA. In spite of the onerous and at times confusing requirements of the MHMDA, the Washington Attorney General (AG) has only...more
As we have detailed previously, 2023 was a landmark year for privacy law, featuring numerous developments at the federal, state and international levels, ranging from newly enacted statutes to massive regulatory enforcement...more
Artificial intelligence that can create new texts, images, and other content (or“generative AI”) is revolutionizing every industry, and healthcare is no exception. Doctors are experimenting with using generative AI to improve...more
For decades, medical providers and other covered entities have satisfied their health-data privacy obligations by complying with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) — but this is changing...more
Washington’s groundbreaking “My Health My Data Act” (HB 1155) (the Act) was signed into law on April 27, 2023. This Act imposes new requirements on the processing and sale of consumer health data by organizations with a nexus...more
As with many websites, hospitals often deploy third-party analytics tools to measure browser traffic in order to increase awareness of their websites, ensure website optimization and provide health care information to the...more
Covered companies will need to take additional steps to comply with the law in light of the new obligations relating to consumer health data and minors under 18 years old. On June 6, 2023, the Connecticut legislature...more
Data privacy laws have been progressing globally, but federal legislation in the U.S. has been lacking - Businesses are facing a growing number of data privacy regulations. This is especially apparent among those in highly...more
Millions of women use reproductive health applications (or “apps”) to track menstrual cycles, ovulation, and pregnancy. These apps provide women that use the rhythm method for birth control and women seeking to become...more
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed the Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act (CPDPA) into law on May 10, 2022, making Connecticut the most recent state to pass its own privacy law in the absence of comprehensive...more
The explosion of telemedicine and telehealth, or virtual patient care and monitoring, presents many opportunities for enhanced, more streamlined care. But it also threatens to outpace laws regarding the delivery of care, as...more
With the recent enactment of Virginia’s Consumer Data Privacy Act (VCDPA), and similar bills under consideration in several state legislatures, healthcare and life sciences companies are considering how these new laws are...more
From fitness bands and mobile applications (apps) to Bluetooth-enabled heart rate monitors and glucose pumps, Internet of Things (IoT) healthcare technologies have firmly cemented their place in the daily lives of Americans....more