2023 in Review: The Rise of Healthcare Data Privacy Regulations
HealthIT Answers April 12, 2024
As consumer data privacy evolves, 2023 was the year healthcare came into focus. Many state and federal changes governing data privacy legislation went into effect. These new laws and amendments aimed to strengthen user privacy rights and hold organizations accountable to protect user data are significant. The most disruptive of these is Washington’s My Health My Data Act, which went into effect on March 31, 2024.
This law is a game changer for companies, even outside of healthcare. The law requires companies to get an explicit “opt-in” for HIPAA Consent when collecting certain types of data. What types of data are included? Here’s an overview of the law and the types of data included, at least before new interpretations from...