Healthcare Innovation June 30, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on June 29 announced new guidance for protecting the privacy of patients seeking reproductive healthcare
On June 29, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced new guidance to help protect the privacy of patients seeking reproductive healthcare, as well as their providers. “On the heels of the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, where the right to safe and legal abortion was taken away, President Biden and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra called on HHS agencies to take action to protect access to sexual and reproductive health care,...