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Quarles & Brady LLP

Friendly Reminder - Finalize and Post Your Consumer Health Data Privacy Notice Before March 31

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Friendly reminder – the Washington My Health My Data Act (“WMHMDA”) compliance deadline for regulated entities to post their consumer health data privacy policy is March 31, 2024 (June 30, 2024 for small businesses). A...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Vermont Considers Bringing Its Version of Washington’s ‘My Health My Data Act’ To New England

The Vermont Legislature is considering its version (S.173) of Washington’s My Health My Data Act to regulate non-HIPAA health data. If enacted, the Vermont law would take effect on January 1, 2025. The bill is premised on a...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: September 2023

The number of data breaches affecting health care providers declined in the second half of 2022, consistent with a downward trend over the past two years, according to a report from cybersecurity firm Critical Insight. Total...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Joint Commission Issues Alert on Patient Safety After a Cyber-Attack

On August 15, 2023, the Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert entitled “Preserving patient safety after a cyberattack,” which provides “tips on what organizations can do to prepare to deliver safe patient care in the...more

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Florida Imposes a Ban on Offshoring Storage of Medical Information

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On May 8, 2023, Governor DeSantis signed Bill CS/CS/SB 264 amending the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act. Effective July 1, 2023, this new law will require that the offsite storage of certain personal medical...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

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

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Emerging Trends In Surgical Robotics Product Liability Litigation

Over the last decade, robotics have revolutionized healthcare. Surgical robots are rapidly making their way into many of our nation’s operating rooms, and are being used in a wide variety of surgeries ranging from...more

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Is Your HIPAA Compliance Program Ready for the FTC?

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Everyone in healthcare knows that the next round of HIPAA audits is coming. Covered entities and business associates have long been advised to review and update their HIPAA security risk analyses, have business associate...more

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