Amazon's Alexa approved to share HIPAA-regulated health information

Amazon ’s Alexa voice-assistant technology now meets federal privacy requirements that allow it to be used to collect and share health data.  Alexa’s software is now HIPAA-eligible, meaning qualified healthcare organizations and their business partners can build Alexa “skills” that transmit or re ceive protected health information, per Health Data Management, a publication for healthcare IT professionals.  The HIPAA Privacy Rule, which applies to health care providers that conduct transactions…
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