mHealth Intelligence August 31, 2023
The American Telemedicine Association’s principles emphasize consistency in data privacy policies and the importance of consumer rights and consent.
Amid rising concerns about data privacy within the telehealth arena, the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) released a set of principles to ensure patient data is protected during telehealth utilization.
The ATA’s Health Data Privacy Principles include six components: consistency, the definition of consumer health data, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), consumer rights, consumer consent, sale of data and opt-out, and enforcement.
The ATA states that a federal policy would offer much-needed consistency in data privacy practices for telehealth providers nationwide. But in lieu of such a policy, there need to be efforts to establish uniformity with existing...
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