Becker's Healthcare July 31, 2020
Despite its push to advance health IT data sharing with HHS’ new interoperability rules, the U.S. still has work to do regarding data security and privacy, according to National Coordinator for Health IT Don Rucker, MD.
In a July 30 interview with GovInfoSecurity, Dr. Rucker discussed the country’s health IT advancements and where it needs improvements in security. He compared the U.S.’ data security regulation’s to Europe’s, which in 2016 passed the General Data Protection Regulation that applies to both European business, governments and organizations that use consumers’ personal data as well as organizations outside the European Union that collect data related to EU citizens.
“As a country, we really haven’t...