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Joint Commission Creates Certification Around Secondary Uses of Data

Dec. 8, 2023
Voluntary certification involves de-identification process, data controls, limitations on use, and algorithm validation
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Scammers Targeting Healthcare Workers, FBI Warns

Aug. 23, 2022
On Aug. 22, the FBI issued a press release regarding scammers impersonating law enforcement and government officials targeting the healthcare industry in attempts to extort money...
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Class Action Lawsuits Against Meta Move Forward, Around Medical Privacy

Aug. 4, 2022
Facebook’s parent company Meta is facing two proposed class-action lawsuits for using the Meta Pixel tracking tool on health system websites to target ads
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Google Will Delete Location History for Sensitive Visits

July 12, 2022
A recent blog post from tech giant Google says that it will be deleting location history for visits like abortion clinics, as well as other sensitive visits like counseling centers...
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HHS Issues New Guidance on Protecting Patient Privacy

June 30, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on June 29 announced new guidance for protecting the privacy of patients seeking reproductive...
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Survey: Healthcare Organizations Struggle to Recover From Ransomware

June 1, 2022
Sophos data finds that 61 percent of healthcare organizations pay the ransom to get encrypted data back