AMA January 10, 2022
Tanya Albert Henry

From tracking diet, sleep, mood, blood pressure and more, health apps have become a huge repository of patient’s personal health information.

But unlike other health information, HIPAA doesn’t protect this sensitive information. These apps weren’t a reality when HIPAA was created in 1996. And, while the California Consumer Privacy Act has attempted to address some patient privacy concerns, there’s nothing at the federal level that has established comprehensive data privacy rules.

Based on the AMA’s Privacy Principles (PDF), a recently released AMA-developed guide makes the business case for why developers should be designing their apps with privacy at the forefront. The AMA also is offering a road map on how to implement important privacy protections for patients who...

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