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) reading and detect irregular heart rhythms. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved these functions as Class II medical devices, which generally
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There’s An App For That Health Information – But is it HIPAA-Covered?
By Elizabeth Litten on
Posted in EHR and PHR, Health IT
“Maybe” is the take-away from recent guidance posted on OCR’s mHealth Developer Portal, making me wonder whether the typical health app user will know when her health information is or is not subject to HIPAA protection.
The guidance is clear and straightforward and contains no real surprises to those of us familiar with HIPAA,…
Basic HIPAA Question for Mobile Health Application Developers: What Are You?
By Elizabeth Litten on
Posted in Health IT, Privacy & Security
Health-related technology has developed light-years faster than health information privacy and security protection laws and policies, and consumers can find new mobile health applications for a wide range of purposes ranging from diabetes management to mole or rash evaluation to fitness tracking. Smart mobile app developers wondering when and how HIPAA privacy and security requirements…