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Health Data Exchange
106 published works
Legal Health Information Exchange
TEFCA Sets October 26 Compliance Deadline for IAS as Federal Oversight Expands
TEFCA’s Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) have a deadline coming up fast: 5:00 p.m. Eastern on October 26, 2026. In its October 13 compliance bulletin, The Sequoia Project issued interim…
Legal Health Information Exchange
TEFCA’s new updated IAS Implementation SOP, version 3.0, takes effect August 3, 2026
If you are building an app that promises patients all their health records in one place, Individual Access Services (IAS) under TEFCA probably sounds like a dream. One connection to…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Court Allows Sharing of Medical Information Claim to Proceed Under ECPA
By Odia Kagan
A new federal court decision denied a motion to dismiss in a case alleging Federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) claims arising from the sharing of health information through a…
Global Policy Watch
New German Guidelines on GDPR Requirements for International Transfers of Health Data in Medical Research
By Kristof Van Quathem, Dr. Dr. Adem Koyuncu, Lars Lensdorf, Anna Sophia Oberschelp de Meneses
On September 17, 2025, the German Supervisory Authorities (Konferenz der unabhängigen Datenschutzaufsichtsbehörden des Bundes und der Länder, DSK) published new guidelines and recommendations addressing the complex requirements for transferring personal…
Inside EU Life Sciences
New German Guidelines on GDPR Requirements for International Transfers of Health Data in Medical Research
By Kristof Van Quathem, Dr. Dr. Adem Koyuncu, Lars Lensdorf, Anna Sophia Oberschelp de Meneses
On September 17, 2025, the German Supervisory Authorities (Konferenz der unabhängigen Datenschutzaufsichtsbehörden des Bundes und der Länder, DSK) published new guidelines and recommendations addressing the complex requirements for transferring personal…
Inside Privacy
New German Guidelines on GDPR Requirements for International Transfers of Health Data in Medical Research
By Kristof Van Quathem, Dr. Dr. Adem Koyuncu, Lars Lensdorf, Anna Sophia Oberschelp de Meneses
On September 17, 2025, the German Supervisory Authorities (Konferenz der unabhängigen Datenschutzaufsichtsbehörden des Bundes und der Länder, DSK) published new guidelines and recommendations addressing the complex requirements for transferring personal…
Global Policy Watch
Flo Health, Google Settle Class Action Privacy Lawsuit for $56 Million
By Libbie Canter, Anna D. Kraus, Elizabeth Brim, Ariel Dukes
In late September, plaintiffs announced details regarding Google LLC’s (“Google”) and women’s health app developer, Flo Health Inc.’s (“Flo”) proposed settlements to resolve a class action lawsuit stemming from the…
Inside Privacy
Flo Health, Google Settle Class Action Privacy Lawsuit for $56 Million
By Libbie Canter, Anna D. Kraus, Elizabeth Brim, Ariel Dukes
In late September, plaintiffs announced details regarding Google LLC’s (“Google”) and women’s health app developer, Flo Health Inc.’s (“Flo”) proposed settlements to resolve a class action lawsuit stemming from the…
Healthcare Perspectives
Providers and IT Vendors Are on Notice: HHS is Prioritizing Enforcement Against Health Information Blocking
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a renewed effort under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to crack down on information blocking practices that limit the…
Legal Health Information Exchange
From Dragging Feet to Dragged Along: The Uneven March Into TEFCA
On August 6, 2025, the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) at ONC publicly announced its release of the TEFCA Organizational Map, a beta search tool that allows users to…