Pulse August 19, 2021
The aim of the recent Getting Back to Basics post was to re-establish the key fundamentals of how HIPAA operates. To summarize in a sentence, HIPAA applies to certain defined entities working or interacting with healthcare information related to an individual. It should absolutely be recognized that that statement is a gross over simplification of HIPAA, but should be sufficient to provide a grounding for this next step in the discussion of HIPAA’s scope.
Foundational Question for Digital Health
With the current reach of HIPAA as the grounding, what is the impact for digital health? The answer to that question very much depends on the intended use and commercialization approach for the digital health tool. Typically, the first question to...