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The increasing use of apps provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs is meant to improve access to patient health and benefits information in convenient digital platforms. However, members of Congress are worried that this electronic data is vulnerable.February 13
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Similar to how an individual would not go to the dentist until after teeth have started falling out, an organization should not wait until a breach to get serious about cybersecurity.February 13
Chief technology officerWhite Hat Security
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Two members of Congress have introduced legislation aimed at advancing telehealth through the development of a plan for adoption and coordination by federal agencies.February 11
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The Sequoia Project is putting together a work group to inform its efforts to develop the Common Agreement, the baseline technical and legal requirements for health information networks to electronically share data nationwide.February 11
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Bloomberg—President Donald Trump is considering executive action to cut drug prices ahead of the 2020 election, officials familiar with the matter say, as he enters his re-election seeking to rebut Democratic criticism that his policies have hurt healthcare consumers.February 11
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A real-time decision support tool is not getting used by Department of Veterans Affairs’ providers and their patients in the way it was intended, according to one senior U.S. senator.February 9
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The court signaled it will use its February 21 private conference to discuss whether to consider the fate of the Affordable Care Act on a fast-track schedule.February 5
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In the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the HHS Office for Civil Rights is detailing how patient information can be shared to protect public health under the HIPAA privacy rule.February 4
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The spread of the Wuhan coronavirus and the threat to public health is being exploited by cybercriminals who are using the global crisis to launch malicious phishing campaigns.February 3
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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has voided certain HIPAA health record access requirements, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights.January 30
