HealthIT Answers October 25, 2022
Healthcare provider organizations are responsible for the privacy and security of their patients’ information. HIPAA codified this requirement for covered entities, including specific guidelines for protecting sensitive patient information such as behavioral and substance abuse records.
Health Information (HI) professionals are well aware of HIPAA’s patient privacy rules, regulations, and best practices for compliance. However, they must also consider sensitive patient data that flows outside of HIPAA: information shared by patients with outside third parties such as mobile applications and social media platforms.
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, there is renewed national attention on safeguarding patient information, especially sensitive reproductive patient information and women’s health data not covered by HIPAA. Delaware and...
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