Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.
Health Populi
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
“Seeing is not believing” when it comes to people seeing health information on social networks. Four in five people seeking healthcare information online in social media are concerned about the accuracy of that information served up. patient organizations, online patient forums, and pharmaceutical companies?
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Health Populi
JANUARY 27, 2022
For some historical context, the authors (all affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania [medical school or Wharton (business school)] start with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which served up privacy protections based on the health information technology of the time. In the U.S.,
Telebehavioral Health Institute
AUGUST 10, 2022
This allegedly allowed Facebook to receive Protected Health Information (PHI) of patients, including doctors’ names and medical conditions. All of this information could be linked to the user’s unique IP address. Meta did not enter into HIPAA Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) with the organizations in question.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The FTC press release published on February 1 explained that GoodRx operates a California-based digital health platform making prescription drug discounts, telehealth visits, and other health services available to consumers. GoodRx then used that information to target these users with health-related advertisements.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 21, 2023
These products, such as pharmaceuticals, can be safely tracked from manufacturing to distribution and administration, providing unmatched value and security throughout the product lifecycle. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is another significant regulation that can impact RFID in healthcare applications.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Two health systems have become the latest healthcare organizations to name a web tracking tool created by Meta (formerly Facebook) as responsible for their data breach. This comes as the social media giant faces a growing number of lawsuits alleging that the tool improperly collects and sells sensitive patient health information.
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