USA - May 11 2016
The federal Food and Drug Administration’s planning board (Planning Board) for a medical device evaluation system (NMDES) recently recommended the…
Lindsey E. Gabrielsen
USA - April 21 2016
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently updated the audit protocol that it will be using to assess Covered Entities’ and Business Associate’s…
Claire N. Marblestone
USA - April 18 2016
How federal privacy laws apply to mobile health applications has been an area of significant ambiguity. Recently, the Federal Trade Commission's…
Kush Das
USA - March 23 2016
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recently announced that it has initiated Phase 2 of…
Claire N. Marblestone
USA - March 1 2016
As we enter the sixth year of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs (commonly referred to as the "Meaningful Use…
Richard K. Rifenbark