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Patient Data
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Data Counsel
2022 DSIR Report Deeper Dive: OCR’s Right of Access Initiative
In 2019, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its Right of Access Initiative, promising to prioritize patients’ rights to receive timely copies…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Is Your Website HIPAA-Compliant?
By Vijay Choksi
If you are a HIPAA-covered entity or business associate, you likely know that patient PHI may only be created, received, maintained, and transmitted as permitted by the HIPAA Security Rule…
Technology and AI
<em>Podcast:</em> Interoperability: A New Vision Through openEHR – <em>Diagnosing Health Care</em>
In this episode of the Diagnosing Health Care Podcast: In the past decade, certified electronic health records (EHRs) have been instrumental in transforming medical records from paper to digital formats. What…
Health Care Law Today
The Costs and Rewards of Patient Data in the New Era of Telemedicine
This article originally appeared in Entrepreneur and is republished here with permission. The promise (and peril) of actionable and monetizable patient data in digital health has never been higher. On…
Technology and AI
<em>Podcast:</em> Interoperability: The Provider Perspective – <em>Diagnosing Health Care</em>
New from the Diagnosing Health Care Podcast: One of the long-term goals of the interoperability and information-blocking rules is to give health care providers a much more comprehensive view of…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
NJ Acting Attorney General Announces $425,000 Fine to Settle Breach Investigation
Earlier this month, the New Jersey Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck announced that its Division of Consumer Affairs had reached a $425,000 settlement with three New Jersey-based providers of cancer…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
New Jersey Acting Attorney General Announces Data Breach Settlement with Fertility Clinic
On October 12, 2021, New Jersey Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced a settlement with Diamond Institute for Infertility and Menopause, LLC over…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
NY Nursing Home COVID Controversy Continues
Largely depending on your perspective, nursing home data recently provided by the New York State Health Department either exonerates these facilities or condemns them. Coronavirus was “a perfect storm” for…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Information Blocking and HIPAA’s Right to Access – Is Your Practice Compliant?
Patient record requests can be a significant administrative burden for health care providers. An OCR enforcement initiative and a new federal law give providers more reason to get this process…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Diabetes, Endocrinology & Lipidology Center Becomes 19th Settlement with OCR for HIPAA Right-of-Access Violation
Last week, Diabetes, Endocrinology & Lipidology Center Inc. (DELC) of West Virginia reached a $5,000 settlement with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) over allegations that it failed to provide…