AHIMA August 3, 2020
COVID-19’s impact on global healthcare systems accentuated the vulnerability of health information and has catalyzed its stakeholders to reconceptualize current information privacy and security models.
The pandemic and the pre-existing (and still evolving) threat of cyberattacks compels a close examination of gaps in federal and state privacy and information security laws, with considerable attention given to the adequacy and efficacy of HIPAA in a modern, digital world.
To gain perspective on what’s needed to contemporize HIPAA, it’s critical to study the laws inspired by it, such as Europe’s powerful General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). States such as California have already stepped in to address the gaps in US privacy laws to better meet consumer demand for transparency, control, and protection...
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