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The Future for AI Usage in California Healthcare Hinges on Governor's Indication of State Limits

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With the surge of artificial intelligence (AI) development in recent years, state legislatures, including California's, have contemplated how to balance patient safety and quality of care with the need for and expectation of...more

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Washington My Health My Data Act Faqs: Data Subject Rights

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On April 27, 2023, the Washington State governor signed into law the My Health My Data Act or the MHMDA. In spite of the onerous and at times confusing requirements of the MHMDA, the Washington Attorney General (AG) has only...more

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Connecticut’s New Law on Consumer Health Data Is Now in Effect—Here’s What You Should Know

Connecticut is the latest state to establish wide-ranging privacy protections for consumer health data and the first to weave such protections into a preexisting comprehensive consumer privacy law. The new law, S.B. 3, amends...more

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Washington's New Health Care Data Law is Expansive and Takes Effect Soon. Are You Ready?

On April 27th, Washington State’s governor signed the Washington State My Health My Data Act—a law the legislature nominally designed to increase healthcare privacy. But it does more than that. The law uses sweeping...more

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Privacy Briefs: May 2023

Five former Memphis-based hospital employees and another man have pled guilty to unlawfully disclosing patient information in violation of HIPAA, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Kevin Ritz announced....more

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CMIA Amendments Increase Health Care Providers’ Responsibility for Protecting Enrollees’ Privacy

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Newly enacted Assembly Bill 1184 (“AB 1184”) will effectuate revisions to the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act that will require significant changes to the operational practices and risk management assessments of...more

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New Massachusetts Law Increases Patient Privacy for Dependents

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On March 30, 2018, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a bill intended to provide individuals with more privacy protection from their health insurance companies. The “Protecting Access to Confidential...more

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Key Takeaways from Oklahoma’s New Telemedicine Law

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Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin recently signed into law SB 726, establishing new telemedicine practice standards, including explicitly allowing doctors to create valid physician-patient relationships via telemedicine without...more

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The 21st Century Cures Act: FDA Reforms Aim to Spur Innovation in the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Health Research Sectors

On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed into law the 21st Century Cures Act (Act), one of the most important pieces of health care and life sciences legislation in several decades. The Act is intended to spur the rapid...more

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