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HHS bulletin clarifies when pixel tracker use may violate HIPAA

Fierce Healthcare

HHS bulletin clarifies when pixel tracker use may violate HIPAA. pminemyer. Fri, 12/02/2022 - 15:21

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Office for Civil Rights brings 2 reports to Congress regarding state of HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity

Fierce Healthcare

Office for Civil Rights brings 2 reports to Congress regarding state of HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity aburky Tue, 02/21/2023 - 14:54

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Amazon shuts down support for Alexa HIPAA-compliant programs for hospitals, payers

Fierce Healthcare

Amazon shuts down support for Alexa HIPAA-compliant programs for hospitals, payers. hlandi. Thu, 12/08/2022 - 06:20

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5 HIPAA Compliance Tips For Healthcare Professionals

Pharma Mirror

Healthcare professionals who comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will benefit by removing the risk of breaching the HIPAA rules. These are just 5 benefits among many advantages of complying with the HIPAA Rules.

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New HHS rule would harmonise substance abuse privacy rule, HIPAA

Pharma Phorum

The US Department of Health and Human Services issued a new proposed rule Monday that would change how privacy protections for people with substance abuse disorders interact with HIPAA information sharing rules.

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Banner Health pays $1.25M over 'pervasive' HIPAA noncompliance following 2016 hack

Fierce Healthcare

Banner Health pays $1.25M over 'pervasive' HIPAA noncompliance following 2016 hack dmuoio Fri, 02/03/2023 - 12:32

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Specialty pharma’s next big opportunity: it’s time for patient access to adopt an open protocol

Pharma Phorum

You may ask: Can an open protocol be HIPAA compliant? HIPAA does not specifically prohibit using and sharing open protocol-based software. The discussion around how to integrate an open-protocol approach into a complicated system governed by HIPAA has been going on for years.

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Data privacy concerns don’t hinder digital health app usage

Pharma Phorum

Regarding juli’s own adherence to data privacy, Hein commented: “We follow a privacy-by-design policy that is HIPAA and GDPR compliant, and have extensive cybersecurity and data privacy controls in place to protect the privacy and uphold the trust [of users].”.

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Three Ways Pharma Advertisers Can Benefit from Attention Metrics

Pharma Marketing Network

Reaching these audiences is further complicated by HIPAA and FTC regulations — not to mention international laws like GDPR and the gradual deprecation of third-party cookies, which all marketers must consider. By: Marc Guldimann, Co-founder and CEO, Adelaide.

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2023 predictions and challenges in the healthcare business

Pharma Phorum

With patients increasingly relying on online and seamless care, provider organisations must consider incremental technology adoption and how to communicate electronically in a HIPAA-compliant manner.

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Amazon bolsters Alexa’s health credentials with Sharecare deal

Pharma Phorum

Since last year, the Alexa device has been certified to transmit and receive health information in line with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its data privacy and security provisions, according to the online retail giant.

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How data is crucial to the relaunch of the Cancer Moonshot

Pharma Phorum

Informed consent and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy law) documents are also presented to the patient alongside the video, where they are able to tag sections of the documents for follow-up discussions with the investigator or clinician before signing them.

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Wearables: managing complexities in data privacy and consent in healthcare tech

Pharmaceutical Technology

Regulations such as the EU’s GDPR, the US’s HIPAA, and California’s CCPA are in place to give people more control over what personal data a company can collect, store and share.

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Keeping clinical trial data safe – handling cybersecurity in a risky world

Pharma Phorum

HIPAA in the United States, a regulatory reference, was designed to protect patient privacy but not necessarily data security. The development of vaccines for COVID-19 has been a masterclass in effective collaboration and applied digitisation in healthcare.

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Bringing the Benefits of eCOA BYOD Strategies to Clinical Studies

Pharma Phorum

Therefore, vendor applications must adhere to HIPAA and GDPR data protection regulations, including encryption and multifactor authentication.

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A digital twin for the body: why patient data consent is vital

Pharmaceutical Technology

Cassie covers all data regulations worldwide, including GRPR in Europe, HIPAA in the US, PDPA in Singapore, POPIA in South Africa, and PIPEDA in Canada. A digital twin of the human body presents immense potential for the future of diagnostics.

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Healthcare data management: resolving consent, compliance, and privacy issues

Pharmaceutical Technology

Breaches of HIPAA in the US can result in fines of up to $50,000. The multiple platforms and apps used in professional and personal lives present significant challenges for data management systems.

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Ep. 007 – Holly Henry and Kamran Shah Podcast Transcript

Pharma Marketing Network

When you think of healthcare, from a HIPAA standpoint like tying everything back just like an individual does, you know start drawing some boundaries. Kamran (KH): I think one thing I always think of is the pharmaceutical industry is probably more privacy minded than most just because of HIPAA and other regulations we have to work under.

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