By Ian Cohen – My Health My Data Act went into effect on March 31, 2024 This law is a game changer for companies, even outside of healthcare. The law requires companies to get an explicit “opt-in” for HIPAA Consent when collecting certain types of data.
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By Jim Tate – I thought I’d seen just about everything. Just when I imagined the bar could go no lower in terms of online privacy, I was in for a major surprise. I knew that my footprints across the internet were being tracked and sold like any other commodity. But…
By Pamela J. Gallagher – Compared to a grocery store, the healthcare industry holds vastly greater amounts of sensitive personal information. Questions of how to balance convenience and privacy is essential for the health of our industry.
By Art Gross – In the fast-paced world of healthcare, safeguarding patient privacy remains paramount. Yet, despite the diligence exercised in patient care, one area where vulnerabilities persist is record disposal. From the cluttered file rooms to the maze of electronic data, mistakes are made that can jeopardize sensitive patient information.
By Joe Payne – Part of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Few industries place as much value on their intellectual property as the life sciences sector. On average, it takes $2.3B investment and between 10 – 15 years to go to market. In 2020, the U.S. biopharmaceutical industry spent $122B on R&D.
By Ian Cohen – The new and emerging state privacy laws have created a challenging patchwork of rules that require all organizations to implement new data privacy protections. This is particularly true for healthcare organizations, who continue to bear the cost of third parties misusing their patients’ and customers’ data.
By Robert L. Murry PhD MD FAAFP – A survey published by the American Medical Association last year reveals that patients are very concerned about the privacy of their medical information, perhaps more concerned than most physicians and practices are aware.
By Matt Fisher – Caring for adolescents is already complex given all of the changes that children experience as they grow up. The complexity arises not just with the delivery of care though. Clinicians and organizations also face a number of challenges concerning access to patient records.
By Matt Fisher – Data are the new currency. That saying has become entrenched as a primary cliche describing the way of the world nowadays. The value of data has become especially true in healthcare. So many see opportunities to be extracted, but what about considerations of privacy and the impact on individuals?