We blogged on this back in early May, but compliance with individuals’ rights to access their PHI under HIPAA is even more critical now that OCR has announced that its
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Patient Support Groups, Email and the Duty to Warn
By Elizabeth G. Litten on
I was recently asked whether the sending of an unencrypted group email to participants in a health-related support group violated HIPAA. Faithful blog readers can guess my first question: “Was…
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