Protecting Health Data Outside of HIPAA: Will the Protecting Personal Health Data Act Tame the Wild West ?

by Deven McGraw and Vince Kuraitis In the previous post of our series we described the “Wild West of Unprotected Health Data.” Will the cavalry arrive to protect the vast quantities of your personal health data that are broadly unprotected from sharing and use by third parties? Congress is seriously considering bipartisan legislation — the “Protecting Personal Health Data Act” — to better protect the privacy of consumers’ personal data.  Read the full post on The Health Care Blog.   The post Protecting Health Data Outside of HIPAA: Will the Protecting Personal Health Data Act Tame the Wild West ? appeared first on e-CareManagement blog.
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