On August 31, the Office of California Healthcare Affordability (OCHA) will close the public comment period regarding proposed regulations under a new law that is aimed at providing oversight of certain healthcare M&A deals…
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being investigated for sharing non-anonymized medical records without consent. This has triggered a clash between Tennessee law and HIPAA, resulting in a federal inquiry and a patient lawsuit. The…
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center faces a federal investigation by the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights, and a legal battle with transgender patients that say unauthorized disclosure of their personal health…
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Artificial intelligence and large language model use have grown within healthcare, and questions arise about who can claim ownership of the intellectual property associated with solutions developed utilizing these emerging technologies. Dr. Terri Shieh-Newton, intellectual…
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A U.S. senator penned a letter to Google leadership on Tuesday expressing concerns about Med-PaLM 2 — the company’s generative AI tool for healthcare providers that is currently being used by Mayo Clinic and…
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In the 1980s, Haner Hernández only requested to attend a drug treatment program in order to get out of prison. Back then, he was only approved to be released from prison and go into…
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Non-profit legal advocacy organisation Foxglove has launched a campaign against the proposed Federated Data Platform (FDP) and Palantir, the frontrunner for the £480 million contract, following a a report that it has sent to…
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In my past life, I did a fair amount of medicolegal consulting. Although I don’t regularly work in that space anymore, I’m mentoring a young clinical informaticist that finds himself thrown into that space…
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By Mark Melchionna
June 27, 2023 – In support of access to virtual reproductive healthcare services, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York signed legislation to allow healthcare providers to prescribe abortion medications to patients in states…
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A survey by the Virginia Telehealth Network reveals that 80% of telehealth providers in Virginia have witnessed improvements in patient continuity of care, and 87% feel confident in the quality of care provided through…
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