Background: Motion tracking technologies serve as crucial links between physical activities and health care insights, facilitating data acquisition essential for analyzing and intervening in physical activity. Yet, systematic methodologies for evaluating motion tracking data,…
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The following is a guest article by Michelle Berryman, FIDSA, Executive Creative Director at Hero Digital
Patient privacy is the foundation of our healthcare system. Ensuring trust in the confidentiality and security of sensitive health information…
A new statistical analysis of 90 distinct hospital websites, drawn from a nationally representative sample of 100 community hospitals, finds that those providers – when they had privacy policies available for consumption – were…
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is reviewing a class action lawsuit that claims that New England Baptist Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center violated the state’s Wiretap Act by using undisclosed web…
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By Jacqueline LaPointe
March 21, 2024 – OCR recently released updated HIPAA guidance for covered entities and business associates who use online tracking technologies that exchange protected health information (PHI).
The guidance addresses the increasing use of…
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Explore the nuances of healthcare pixel tracking and privacy concerns, revealing the interplay between pixels, health data, and compliance. Betsy Hodge, Akerman’s partner, advocates vigilance in aligning tracking practices with evolving privacy laws. Pixels,…
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For the 128th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are doing a roundup focused on health IT regulatory news! For those familiar with our weekly roundup article, this is the podcast version. For…
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