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McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 21 Jul 2023
Guarding the Gateway: Florida Tightens Grip on Electronic Health Records Storage
In May 2023, the Florida Legislature amended the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act to add a provision regarding the security and storage…
Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum | Argentina | 31 Mar 2023
New law on digital prescriptions: data protection considerations
The National Executive Power recently enacted a new law that enables the prescription and sale of medicines to be written and signed electronically. Because digital prescriptions may allow access to sensitive data, the law establishes certain guidelines to guarantee compliance with data protection legislation. In particular, the privacy, integrity and confidentiality of the user (ie, the......
Baker McKenzie | USA | 1 Mar 2023
My Health, My Data – how to comply with Washington state privacy bill on consumer health data
Legislative activity in Washington continues in 2023 with numerous bills being considered. Businesses that process health data should follow the process of House Bill 1155 (the My Health, My Data Act), which was recently approved in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary hearing. If passed, the My Health, My Data Act will impose challenging compliance burdens on businesses that will......
Studio Legale Previti | Italy | 16 Sep 2022
Il Garante boccia lo schema di decreto sulla nuova banca dati “EDS”
Il Garante Privacy ha formulato un parere negativo sullo schema di Decreto che prevede la realizzazione della nuova banca dati denominata Ecosistema…
Wardyński & Partners | European Union | 11 Aug 2022
Primary use of electronic health data
All EU citizens will have access to their electronic health records by 2030 thanks to the EU’s central eHealth platform linking national contact…
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP | European Union | 20 Jul 2022
European Commission publishes European Health Data Space proposals
The European Commission recently presented the proposal for a European Health Data Space Regulation, which is intended to set up a common framework across EU member states for the sharing and exchange of health data, such as patients' health records. It will address health-specific challenges to electronic health data access and sharing, and is a priority of the European Commission in the......
ALTIUS | European Union | 7 Jul 2022
European Commission Unveils Measures to Unleash the Potential of Health Data
In its 2020 Data Strategy, the European Commission outlined a plan to unlock the untapped potential of the EU data economy. It envisioned a single…
Lexology PRO | European Union | 4 May 2022
New health data law jumps on Data Act possibilities
The European Commission has published a proposed regulation on the sharing of medical data, but the law is reliant on other pieces of data-sharing legislation which are themselves not yet finalised.
Lexology PRO | Global, USA | 11 Jan 2022
OSHA COVID-19 vaccine mandate: a compliance checklist for US businesses
The federal COVID-19 mandate is in effect (for now), so in-scope companies should ensure they are compliant with all of the requirements, from providing obligatory compliance notices to storing health data securely.
Lexology PRO | United Kingdom | 8 Jun 2021
UK delays new public health database
Facing opposition by privacy activists, the UK’s government has postponed the creation of a centralised patient medical information database.
