Enforcement Trends in Health Care with Adam Greene
Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:45:26 +0000

Nov. 10, 2011, 1:00pm:  Enforcement Trends in Health Care with Adam Greene

Over the past couple of years, we have seen a significant increase in enforcement of health care privacy laws at both the federal and state level. On November 10th at 1:00 pm EST, Davis Wright ...more

HHS Text4Health Task Force Makes Texting Recommendations to Secretary
Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:11:11 +0000

By Adam H. Greene

On Sept. 19, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced recommendations from an internal Text4Health Task Force on ways in which HHS can best utilize text messag...more

HHS Appoints New Director of Office for Civil Rights--Will Heightened HIPAA Enforcement Continue?
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:11:21 +0000

By Adam H. Greene

On Sept. 12, 2011, HHS announced the appointment of Leon Rodriguez as the Director of t...more

Update on HIPAA Privacy and Security Audits
Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:04:56 +0000

This posting has been modified as of Sept. 8, 2011. Audit contracts are now available here.

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Most Canadians Can Be Uniquely Identified From Their Date Of Birth And Postal Code
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0000
There are increasing pressures for health care providers to make individual-level data readily available for research and policy making. But Canadians are more likely to allow the sharing of their personal data if they believe that their privacy is protected. A new report by Dr......more

Medical Device Designers Aided By Health Care Practitioners' Stories
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:00:00 +0000
Health care laws to protect patients' privacy make it nearly impossible for medical device designers to develop and test the safety and usability of medical products by observing use in an actual practitioner-patient setting. As a result, usability errors and hazards may be overlooked, with the pote...more

Just Like Teens, Parents Get Personal On Facebook
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:00:00 +0000
They may not dress like Justin Bieber or Selena Gomez, but parents are a whole lot like their teenagers when it comes to their behaviour on Facebook. That's the finding of a new study by University of Guelph researchers. Parents are just as likely as their kids to disclose personal information on th...more