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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

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For example, in the healthcare industry, we have to abide by HIPAA — a law that helps protect the privacy and security of people’s health information. We can’t serve our patients if we don’t ensure that protected health information (PHI) is kept private.

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So Many Records, So Little Time: How to Manage Burgeoning Health Plan Requests

Healthcare IT Today

Furthermore, the 21 st Century Act opens the door for greater availability to clinical data among patients, providers, and other requesters such as payers. Non-health insurers and life sciences companies also recognize the value of clinical data and are requiring greater levels of access to power their applications and processes.

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Bonus Features – March 12, 2023 – 87% of docs used telemedicine in 2021, 65% of healthcare orgs collect more trivial data once they adopt the cloud, and more

Healthcare IT Today

News Three Democratic Senators have introduced legislation to expand protections for Americans’ personal health data privacy. Partnerships Health information network Health Gorilla has partnered with CLEAR to launch an identity verification platform that lets patients access their PHI. from December to January).