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The Future of Human Health May Require Unlocking Access to Our Health Data

HIT Consultant

As AI technologies require vast amounts of data to improve accuracy and efficacy, the question of how to protect patient privacy while leveraging data insights becomes increasingly complex. In medicine – as opposed to, say, advertising – data is a public good.

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HHS proposes rule shoring up HIPAA to protect reproductive health data, including around abortions

Health Care Dive

Privacy lawyers said the regulation, if finalized, would insulate physicians from the chilling effect of abortion bans, freeing them to have honest conversations with patients about their healthcare options — even in states where abortion is illegal.

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OCR Joins Chorus of Regulators Warning About Health Data Tracking Technology

Triage Health Law

Key Takeaway : Organizations must conduct a fact-based analysis to determine whether health data collection and tracking technology deployed on their websites and mobile apps complies with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and other applicable laws and guidance.

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OCR Joins Chorus of Regulators Warning About Health Data Tracking Technology

Triage Health Law

Key Takeaway : Organizations must conduct a fact-based analysis to determine whether health data collection and tracking technology deployed on their websites and mobile apps complies with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and other applicable laws and guidance.

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Roundup: MedTech Europe welcomes European Health Data Space, AI detects interval breast cancers, and more briefs

Healthcare It News

MedTech Europe welcomes launch of European Health Data Space. The European Commission this week launched the European Health Data Space (EHDS), which will allow citizens to access their health data in any EU member state. NHSE tech director Harjeet Dhalival to join Palantir.

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Governing Health Data for Research, Development, and Innovation: The Missteps of the European Health Data Space Proposal

Bill Of Health

By Enrique Santamaría Together with the Data Governance Act (DGA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS) will most likely form the new regulatory and governance framework for the use of health data in the European Union.

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Health Data Privacy: Majority of Patients Demand Accountability, Transparency

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – A new examination of patient perspectives on health data privacy illustrates unresolved tension over the eroding security and confidentiality of personal health information in a wired society and economy. This concern is magnified with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. .