New Warning for Providers: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Issue New Guidance on Data Risks Associated with Websites and Portals

Day Pitney Healthcare Attorneys Shannon K. Cohall and Susan R. Huntington authored the article, "New Warning for Providers: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Issue New Guidance on Data Risks Associated with Websites and Portals," for The Journal of Federal Agency Action. The article discusses a bulletin issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights that provides a broad interpretation of what constitutes electronic protected health information and how "Regulated Entities" may gather, use, and disclose, knowingly and unknowingly, that information using online tracking technologies through websites and portals.

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