Becker's Healthcare June 23, 2023
Amazon Clinic, a virtual care offering from Amazon, can allegedly disclose some of its patients’ health information if a healthcare provider a patient used through Amazon Clinic leaves, or if the company needs to “facilitate services from other providers,” USA Today reported June 22.
Amazon Clinic states that it follows HIPAA, but when patients sign up for the service, it tells users that it can use their data, and that patients must consent to their information possibly being re-disclosed.
Some of the information that can be disclosed, according to the publication, is contact information, demographic information, account and payment information, and patient files.
This policy has sparked senators, including Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont and Sen. Elizabeth Warren...
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