Compliance & Legal
The EHR giant insisted a newly released Carequality resolution shows it did not treat Particle Health any differently in reviewing its connections under HIPAA, even as the data exchange and analytics provider expresses vindication.
After a federal court ruled that healthcare organizations sharing individual IP addresses with third parties did not constitute a HIPAA breach, legal ambiguity remains, says one privacy expert.
Regulations with "this level of negative market impact for health IT developers also inherently mean disruption and stress for providers" who participate in CMS payment programs, vendors say.
Hadassah Backman, RN, is a nurse CEO who says artificial intelligence could do a lot to help RNs with relentless documentation burden, while also helping organizations boost revenue and improve compliance.
A potentially shortened battery life in the MiniMed 600 or 700 series insulin pumps may result in the pump stopping insulin delivery significantly sooner than expected.
With large ransomware breaches up more than 260% since 2018, "the health care sector needs to get serious about cybersecurity and complying with HIPAA," says the director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
APAC hospital IT heads evaluated their respective experiences, barriers, and outlook on AI deployment.
An investigation into the incident, now being handled by the Department of Justice, is reportedly trying to determine whether Gov. Tim Walz or Sen. J.D. Vance’s health records were shared as a result of the insider breaches.
It wants the information released so patients, health systems, interoperability advocates and others "can evaluate the facts for themselves."
The high-stakes lawsuit alleges that the EHR giant violated federal law prohibiting unfair business practices. Epic, meanwhile, says that Particle has violated HIPAA.
