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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
HHS Announces Settlement with Dermatology Practice for Potential HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rule Violations
On December 26, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a resolution agreement and 150,000 USD settlement with Adult and Pediatric Dermatology, P.C. following a security breach that…
Datenschutz
VSA erwirkt mit Hogan Lovells Beschluss gegen Datenschützer Thilo Weichert wegen öffentlicher Aussagen
Am 5. November 2013 entschied das Schleswig-Holsteinische Verwaltungsgericht in einem Eilverfahren, dass Dr. Thilo Weichert als Vertreter des Unabhängigen Landeszentrums für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein zukünftig Äußerungen zu einem der angeblich "größten…
Technology Law Dispatch
UK Department of Health Response Supports Recommendations Following Caldicott Review
By Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
This post was written by Cynthia O'Donoghue. The UK Department of Health has published a response supporting the Caldicott Review findings on information sharing of patient data across the health…
Inside Privacy
HHS to Issue Guidance on HIPAA Marketing Restrictions
In a court filing on September 11, 2013, attorneys for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that HHS intends to issue further guidance on certain new…
Inside EU Life Sciences
The Rise of mHealth and Privacy Considerations
In recent years healthcare providers around the world have been looking into mobile health or “mHealth” solutions to increase productivity and reduce costs. Examples of mHealth practices include the increased…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Court of Appeals Rules that HIPAA Preempts Florida Law
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently held that the HIPAA Privacy Rule preempted a Florida law regarding the disclosure of medical records of deceased nursing…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
We have to disclose patient records in response to a subpoena/attorney letter, right?
Health care practices and businesses generally need to be more careful when responding to requests for medical and other sensitive personal information.
Health Law Prof Blog
Guest Blogger Leslie Francis – Approving Research with Large Sets of Patient Data: the Puzzling Use of Paradigms from Contract Law
As a long-term IRB member at my institution, I have observed many IRB members stumble over a perplexing word in the Federal Regulations governing research with human subjects: “practicably.” According…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Article 29 Working Party Issues Guidance on European Patients Smart Open Services
On January 25, 2012, the Article 29 Working Party issued guidance on data protection issues related to the European Patients Smart Open Services project.
Data Counsel
Minnesota A.G. Files Lawsuit Against “Infused” Business Associate for Loss of Patient Data Stored on Laptop; Use of Patient Data Without Full Disclosure
In perhaps the first widely publicized action taken against a "business associate" (as defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and privacy and security regulations thereunder), the…