Mobile privacy & the FTC Act: advice for health technology companies *

USA - May 16 2013
In the healthcare industry we often associate information privacy and security enforcement with HIPAA and state privacy laws. However, a lesser known…

Co-authors: Alaap B. Shah, Amy F. Lerman, René Y. Quashie, Brandon C. Ge.

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Physically securing electronic PHI in a telehealth environment *

USA - April 16 2013
As the technologies used to deliver telehealth services become more complex, telehealth providers as well as other HIPAA "covered entities" have an…

Co-authors: Bonnie I. Scott.

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U.S. Supreme Court opinion addresses availability of state-action antitrust immunity *

USA - February 27 2013
On February 19, 2013, in FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc.,[1] a case that highlights vigorous enforcement activities by the Federal Trade…

Co-authors: Patricia M. Wagner, Daniel C. Fundakowski.

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Four key areas of the new HIPAA privacy regulations *

USA - February 1 2013
On January 25, 2013, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") regulations (the "Omnibus Rule") implementing the statutory…

Co-authors: Adam C. Solander , Patricia M. Wagner, Robert J. Hudock.

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Remote monitoring and the interstate practice of telehealth *

USA - January 7 2013
The rapid development and utilization of remote patient monitoring tools in health care exposes the limitations of state licensure laws that generally…

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