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Hospitals That Ditch Masks Risk Exposure

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Manta This month, New York became the latest to join the growing list of states that have ended their requirements for routine masking in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Ending routine masking in hospital settings is a dangerous move. It also exposes hospitals to the risk of liability.

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AI Assistant Reduces Clinician Burnout at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

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What You Should Know: Nabla, the company developing Nabla Copilot, the leading ambient AI assistant for clinicians, today announced it has partnered with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) to roll out Nabla Copilot to their pediatric specialists after a successful four-week pilot program. Nabla does not retain any customer data.

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AHA says OCR's online tracking tool rules need to go

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In a letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the American Hospital Association said the U.S. The association said the rule has resulted in consequences that contravene OCR's efforts to encourage hospitals to share non-private healthcare information with the public.

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OCR Joins Chorus of Regulators Warning About Health Data Tracking Technology

Triage Health Law

Tracking Technology is the subject of numerous regulatory actions, including by regulators in the European Union and California , and through private lawsuits (also in the EU and U.S.). On December 1, 2022, another regulator joined the fray: the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”).

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Caught in the Web: Hospital Associations Sue OCR on Third-Party Web Tracking Guidance

Sheppard Health Law

Lawsuit Details As we covered in a previous blog post , OCR released guidance in December 2022 on the use of tracking technologies by HIPAA-regulated entities (the “Guidance”). [ii] This includes, for example, linking an IP address with viewing specific health conditions or healthcare providers (the “Proscribed Combination”).

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Cerebral says 3M affected by a patient data breach

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Like many technology companies and healthcare providers , between October 2019 to January 2023 Cerebral used pixel tracking technologies, according to the company's Notice of HIPAA Privacy Breach.

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Importance of Medical Credentialing Service for Healthcare Providers

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prgseo February 24, 2023 Importance of medical credentialing service for healthcare providers Medial credentials are considered the essential step that every healthcare proactive should rely on in the united states. This process does help the patients to build trust in the healthcare provider.