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HIPAA legally protects your medical information - here's what it covers and why it's so important
HIPAA is a law that protects your medical information and history. Medical providers like doctors a…
Carla Delgado,Jason McKnight
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No, it's not a HIPAA violation for businesses to ask for proof you've been vaccinated. Here's what the healthcare privacy law actually means and what it protects.
HIPAA only applies to entities within the healthcare field - and it does not prohibit asking questi…
Avery Hartmans
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Amazon released new software that makes its Alexa voice assistant HIPAA-compliant
While Alexa already landed in some major hospitals, privacy regulations relegated its use to mostly…
Zoë LaRock
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Last year healthcare had more cybersecurity breaches than any other industry - and it will likely intensify
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Zoë LaRock
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33 top US hospitals sent website users' medical information, including their locations, to Meta: report
A Meta code on hospitals' websites scooped up visitors' confidential details, tagged them to their …
Weilun Soon
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Apple is hiring a lawyer who specializes in medical privacy, hinting at bigger health tech ambitions
Earlier this year, Apple introduced CareKit, which allows developers to build apps for iPhones and …
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Krispy Kreme giving away free doughnuts to vaccinated people isn't a joke - it's genius
Critics claim Krispy Kreme's free doughnut initiative promotes poor health and violates HIPAA, but …
Rachel Askinasi
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Trump's doctors can only legally share health information that the president authorizes — which is why we don't get the full picture
Doctors who share a patient's health information without consent, even if that patient is the presi…
Kimberly Leonard,Aylin Woodwa…
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We spoke with the head of Uber Health about how his team built a healthcare organization within a $70 billion tech company
DT: Our business relationship is with our partners - whether that's the provider, payer, or NEMT br…
Ayoub Aouad
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Salesforce.com Will Soon Reveal Its Next $1 Billion Initiative: Health Care
And it will almost certainly try to get into the brand new field of consumer health care apps tied …
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Amazon is putting Alexa next to hospital beds throughout the US. It says it will boost productivity because staff can go into patients' rooms less.
Amazon said Alexa devices let staff communicate with patients without entering the room, saving the…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Amazon Pharmacy is going to be the first big test of public trust in Prime and will expose the company to more scrutiny
Amazon Pharmacy is the first time its Prime service has broken into a market where consumers might …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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The Breathtaking View From The Top Of Dubai's Burj Khalifa
While other builders are working to take the title, the Burj still holds the record as the world's …
Julie Zeveloff
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Verily told 5 US senators that it has run more than 7,000 tests for COVID-19 and plans to keep the mandatory Google sign-in - here's the letter it sent
"Verily has focused on the protection of the security and privacy of personal health information si…
Hugh Langley
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Using a mix of new technologies, teledermatology is changing how dermatologists provide care during the pandemic
Increased reliance on teledermatology during the pandemic has given dermatologists an understanding…
Heather Lindsey
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White House spokesman refuses to answer when Trump's last negative COVID-19 test was 6 times in one interview
The White House has caused great confusion by repeatedly blocking questions about when President Do…
Oma Seddiq,Jake Lahut
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Leaked memo reveals the US' largest health system could fire nurses who post coronavirus policies on social media - and a nurse has already been suspended without pay
HCA Healthcare, the country's largest health system, with 185 hospitals in 20 states, sent an email…
Allana Akhtar
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The Parkland community takes center stage at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington
"As a rsponsible gun owner, I'd like to see common sense gun reform. It needs to be more difficult …
Brennan Weiss,Eliza Relman
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Meta is being sued for giving US hospitals a data-tracking tool that allegedly ended up disclosing patient information to Facebook
A second lawsuit alleges hospitals violated HIPAA by providing private patient data to Meta that it…
Samantha Delouya
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Inside the insane and beautiful 'Instagram for doctors,' where surgeons post photos of freak cases and help each other save lives
Dr. Josh Landy thought up the idea for Figure 1 when he noticed that doctors were texting each othe…