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Assessment of the Data Sharing and Privacy Practices of...

Assessment of the Data Sharing and Privacy Practices of...

An article from the JAMA Open Network

23 July 2019
An article posted in the Journal of the American Medical Association identified that some of the highest-ranking health apps used to assist people with mental health conditions (e.g. depression) and smoking cessation...
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What are the risks associated with mobile device apps?

What are the risks associated with mobile device apps?

An article from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

21 July 2019
This is based on an article from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). CISA is the Nation’s risk advisor, working with partners to defend against today’s threats and...
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OCR Guidance on Ensuring Equal Access to Emergency...

OCR Guidance on Ensuring Equal Access to Emergency...

Official guidance from the Office for Civil Rights

16 September 2018
As Hurricane Florence makes landfall, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and its federal partners remain in close coordination to help ensure that emergency officials effectively address the needs of at-risk...
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HIPAA Helper

HIPAA Helper

Who is Revealing Your Private Medical Information?

11 April 2018
This service from Pro Publica allows a person to search and find out whether your hospital, clinic, pharmacy or health insurer has been named in patient privacy complaints, breaches or violations. This tool includes...
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Why We Need to Remain Aware about Who is Collecting our...

Why We Need to Remain Aware about Who is Collecting our...

Facebook's efforts to collect personal health information from hospitals

11 April 2018
SUBJECTIVE: In an article reported by CNBC's Christina Farr it is reported that, "Facebook has asked several major U.S. hospitals to share anonymized data about their patients, such as...
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