Telebehavioral Health Institute
MARCH 16, 2023
A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. HIPAA, in some cases, may not legally obligate privately held companies to keep collected information private.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
MARCH 15, 2023
.” OCR’s Allegation of Cerebral Telehealth The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the US Health and Human Services department in charge of investigating and sanctioning HIPAA violations, has posted the results of their current investigation of Cerebral. HIPAA investigations don’t occur in a vacuum.
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SightCall
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
For healthcare, rules are defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA regulates how patients’ information must be handled by healthcare professionals (covered entities) and their partners (business associates). Developers Hate HIPAA. Developers Hate HIPAA. Although the U.S.
Enzyme Health
JUNE 19, 2019
CMS is the federal agency that administers HIPAA standards and develops Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement policies for telemedicine. HIPAA : HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , is a healthcare compliance law providing data security and privacy for the safeguarding of patient medical information.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
JANUARY 19, 2023
App developers may also try to camouflage their lack of an evidence base for an unproven app by describing it as a “CBT” app, for example. As with telehealth platforms claiming HIPAA compliance , claims are often suspect.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
The discussion started with an article " Warning mHealth security fears are opening doors to app and device innovation " summarizing a study done by Ketchum. Although we do have HIPAA, GINA, 42-CFR Part 2, and many state augmentations. Apple is a good example of building Privacy in by design, and they have few (not zero) issues.
Health Populi
AUGUST 27, 2018
There are early blockchain-enabled examples of this emerging, dotted around the world. The challenge here is how health IT can be designed with the users in mind, and that means both clinicians and patients as users. A longer-term solution would be for consumers to control their own health data in secure data lockers.
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