Privacy risks loom without third-party app and API standards, healthcare groups say
SC Media March 29, 2022
As the interoperability push continues in healthcare, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and the Confidentiality Coalition are again urging regulatory leaders to address patient privacy and security risks posed by third-party apps generating healthcare data that falls outside of The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, WEDI and the Confidentiality Coalition make the case for a national privacy framework to address longstanding regulatory gaps.
“A vast amount of health-related information does not fall within the HIPAA regulatory framework and is largely unprotected from misuse,” the groups wrote.
There’s continued “concern patients will not have adequate information...