Topic
Patient Data
144 published works
Inside EU Life Sciences
Germany Prepares New Law for Patient Data Protection and Increased Digitalisation in Healthcare and for “Data Donations” for Research Purposes
On 3 July 2020, the German parliament passed a draft bill (German language) for patient data protection and for more digitalisation in the German healthcare system (Patientendaten-Schutz-Gesetz). The draft bill…
Security, Privacy and the Law
A Game of ‘Cat and Mouse’: Hacking Attacks on Hospitals for Patient Data Increase During Coronavirus Pandemic
By Foley Hoag
Colin Zick, co-chair of Foley Hoag’s Healthcare and Privacy and Data Security Practice Groups, was recently quoted in USA Today about cyberattacks against health care providers. This is a particularly…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery Blog
COVID-19 Privacy & Cybersecurity: Are you sure that PATIENT DATA is secure in the Cloud?
By Peter Vogel
HelpNetSecurity reported that in “…the wake of COVID-19, health delivery organizations (HDOs) have quickly increased their utilization of telehealth capabilities (i.e., remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telemedicine) to treat patients…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
COVID-19 Privacy & Cybersecurity: Are you sure that PATIENT DATA is secure in the Cloud?
By Peter Vogel
HelpNetSecurity reported that in “…the wake of COVID-19, health delivery organizations (HDOs) have quickly increased their utilization of telehealth capabilities (i.e., remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telemedicine) to treat patients…
Municipal Minute
Health Departments and the Disclosure of COVID-19 Patient Identifying Information
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule generally prevents the disclosure of a patient’s personal health information without the patient’s HIPPA authorization. However, an exception to HIPPA…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
HHS Issues Confusing Limited Waiver on Sharing of Patient Information Following COVID-19
Acknowledging the “additional challenges” on health care providers following the outbreak of COVID-19, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued several waivers for covered entities to address…
Technology Law Dispatch
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issues final rules expected to transform how certain stakeholders share patient information
By Nancy Halstead, Vicki Tankle
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released companion interoperability and information blocking final rules that will significantly impact the way in which certain health care providers, health…
Covington Digital Health
Procurement Tenders in the Health Sector: More Protection for Patient Data
On March 6, 2020, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) reported on new measures designed to protect the health data of patients in the context of Government procurement efforts (calls…
Inside Privacy
Procurement Tenders in the Health Sector: More Protection for Patient Data
On March 6, 2020, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) reported on new measures designed to protect the health data of patients in the context of Government procurement efforts (calls…
Health Care and Life Sciences
HHS Addresses Federal Court Invalidation of Certain Provisions of the HIPAA Rule Relating to the Third-Party Requests for Patient Records
By Patricia (Trish) M. Wagner, Matthew H. Berger, Audrey Davis
On January 28, 2020, the Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) addressed a federal court’s January 23rd invalidation of certain provisions of the Health…