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Which Situations Allow a Medical Professional to Release Information?

HIPAA Journal

To find evidence supporting this statement, you only have to look at stories covered by mainstream news channels in which patients and their families have been denied their HIPAA rights by medical professionals, or in which politicians have failed to grasp the basics of health information privacy.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

For example, HHS is proposing to update the HIPAA Security Rule in 2024 to strengthen requirements for HIPAA regulated entities to safeguard electronic health information from cybersecurity threats. The HIPAA Security Rule was drafted in 2003 and has not been substantively updated since that time.

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HHS-OIG Excludes Theranos Founder and CEO from Federal Health Programs for 90 Years

HIPAA Journal

The Theranos Scandal Theranos was a blood testing startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes in 2003. The FDA launched an investigation into Theranos that found that the allegations in Carreyrou’s article were correct. The company was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and shut down. “As

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