MDLinx May 19, 2023
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Amazon’s health clinic requires patients to authorize the company the ability to redisclose their health information in the future, raising ethical and legal concerns.
Could telehealth lead to more patient records being potentially shared by businesses?
Amazon’s health clinic may be quick and affordable, but when it comes to patient privacy, it’s not necessarily secure. A new investigation by The Washington Post revealed that the company requires patients to agree to a “redisclosure” of their health information in the future in order to use services.[1]
The agreement causes some to wonder if Amazon is breaching HIPAA laws, which protect individual medical records and identifiable health information from...
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