A patient asks her doctor to send her test results to an app the patient has downloaded on her phone. The doctor worries that the app is not secure and
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How the Grinch Steals Health Care Data: OCR Warnings and Tips in Time for the Holidays
More and more often, health care data is stolen or made inaccessible by targeted ransomware attacks. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a newsletter this week that provides warnings
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Wearable Devices, Wellness Programs, and Health Apps: The Fringes of HIPAA
With the explosion of health data sifting through cutting-edge companies, industry stakeholders are left to wonder how wearable devices, wellness programs, health applications, and the like should be regulated.
Despite
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Data Privacy and Bias Concerns in AI Health Tech
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) refers to algorithm tools that simulate human intelligence, mimic human actions, and can incorporate self-learning software. The benefits of AI tech can reduce spending, provide alternative treatment
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Feeling Lucky? You Could Be One of the Nine Covered Entities Selected for HIPAA Compliance Review this Month
If you are a covered entity health plan or clearinghouse, you may be among the nine (un)lucky entities randomly chosen this month for review into compliance with HIPAA’s Administrative Simplification
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HIPAA Security and “Zero Day” Exploits: How to Stay Ahead of the Hack
HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)’s April 3, 2019 cybersecurity newsletter highlights one of the more challenging cybersecurity vulnerabilities faced by covered entities and business associates. OCR reminds covered entities
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New Apple Watch May Mark Time To Rethink HIPAA
The new Apple Watch Series 4® is one of the more recent and sophisticated consumer health engagement tools. It includes a sensor that lets wearers take an electrocardiogram (ECG)
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Join Top Cybersecurity Pros at Fox’s Privacy Summit
Fox Rothschild’s Minneapolis Privacy Summit on November 8 will explore key cybersecurity issues and compliance questions facing company decision-makers.
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When Data is Like Toothpaste
In 1973, President Richard Nixon’s Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman warned White House Counsel John Dean against talking to prosecutors investigating the growing Watergate scandal, telling him “Once the
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A Movement to Consider: Telepsychiatry in New York State
In a post on February 28, Fox associate Kristen Marotta discussed the privacy and security issues arising from the growing use of telemedicine, particularly for mental health treatment. Now
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