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Compliance & Legal
New initiatives launched by the White House include an updated strategic plan for artificial intelligence from the Office of Science and Technology Policy and a new RFI seeking input on mitigating AI risks.
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OrthoVirginia's chief information officer talks about the 18-month remediation process after a Ryuk ransomware incident and describes how a cybersecurity roadmap and training drove a more comprehensive cyber hygiene strategy.
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The Federal Trade Commission proposes including more vendors of personal health records that access or send unsecured PHR-identifiable data in its rule governing health data sharing and unauthorized protected health information disclosure notifications.
The Federal Trade Commission alleges the company shared personal health information with two China-based firms, Google and analytics company AppsFlyer.
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association says it has substantial concerns with regulatory deadlines and other stipulations in ONC's proposed interoperability and AI transparency rule.
QR codes designed to improve data transfer can entice healthcare data breaches. Sharat Potharaju of Beaconstac shares advice on how to safely bolster data security while providing patients the ease of mobile access.
The company's ANNE One platform allows for wireless monitoring of neonates and infants' skin and body temperature, heart and respiratory rates, and more.
The complaint alleges the EHR provider failed to follow guidelines for protecting data after the company said compromised credentials enabled unauthorized access to the confidential information of more than 1 million people.
The agency says it is reviewing a deluge of comments on its February proposed rulemaking ending telehealth prescriptions for certain controlled substances. It's unclear how far this new extension will last beyond the end of the PHE.
Kaiser and Geisinger join to form Risant Health while eVisit acquires complementary digital engagement technology and Verisma merges with ScanSTAT.
