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Challenges & Opportunities in Emerging Digital Health Technologies

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Given the public health emergency, health authorities offered greater flexibilities in the use of digital health platforms and technologies such as: Enhanced HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) flexibilities in the use of telemedicine services 3. Journal of the American Medical Association 327, no. 2022.2040.

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Challenges & Opportunities in Emerging Digital Health Technologies

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In the case of a remote temperature monitoring example, processes need to be in place for managing HIPAA and general data protection regulation (GDPR) requirements for the product as required. Guidance on Qualification and Classification of Software in Regulation (EU) 2017/745 – MDR and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 – IVDR.”

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STAT+: Government watchdog calls out HHS for not auditing health care’s privacy compliance since 2017

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  The Office of Civil Rights, or OCR is in charge of enforcing HIPAA, the law that protects patients’ data from cyberattackers and other unauthorized parties. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General has found. 

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STAT+: Change Healthcare cyberattack drives 2024 into another record year for health data breaches

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HHS’ Office of Inspector General recently issued a report finding that OCR hasn’t conducted audits of compliance with the HIPAA security rule since 2017. “We’re going to see these numbers continue to go up as we have more and more health I.T. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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