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Patient's Guide to HIPAA

FTC takes first enforcement action under its Health Breach Notification Rule; also takes action against misrepresentation of HIPAA compliance

The FTC announced its first enforcement action under its Health Breach Notification Rule . This rule applies to entities that are not covered under HIPAA. The announcement of the proposed order was filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the FTC against the " ...telehealth and prescription ...

WPF urges National Institutes of Health to expand privacy guidance for researchers

WPF is urging the National Institutes of Health to do more to properly advise the research community and to protect data subjects in its draft guidance on data management and sharing. WPF is asking for changes to the NIH guidance because in the US, much health research data in the hands of researchers is not subject to the privacy or security rules in HIPAA.

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