Politico February 19, 2020
Darius Tahir and Adam Cancryn

Privacy hawks say health records policy lacks patient protections.

If proposed policy changes go through, patients would be able to download their health records on to their smartphones and direct it to apps of their choice. But there’s a major privacy pitfall: As soon as those records leave the software system of the doctor or hospital, they are no longer protected by HIPAA, the landmark medical privacy law.

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Topics: Apps, CMS, Congress / White House, Digital Health, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HHS, HIE (Interoperability), Insurance, ONC, Patient / Consumer, Physician, Privacy / Security, Provider, Technology
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