Health IT Security May 12, 2020
Designed to empower patients with more control over the data collected about them, new data privacy principles from AMA target health data collected by non-HIPAA covered entities.
The American Medical Association unveiled a set of privacy principles for non-HIPAA covered entities, designed to empower consumers with more control over the health data collected about them. AMA will leverage the insights to engage the administration, Congress, and other industry stakeholders.
Enacted in 2009, HIPAA does not apply to several key instances of health data generated in the modern digital age. For example, the Department of Health and Human Services has clarified that protected health information shared with a third-party app chosen by the patient is not covered by HIPAA.
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