HIPAA’s Application to Digital Media
Recent media attention to the disclosure of Personal Health Information (PHI) concerning Lamar Odom provides a reminder that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) applies broadly to digital photographs and other electronic data, whether or not the disclosure is inadvertent.
Goldberg Segalla attorneys Seth L. Laver, Jessica L. Wuebker and Kenneth M. Alweis have developed three useful steps to improve privacy and security programs and policies to account for these potential HIPAA violations, which can be read here on the firm’s Professional Liability …
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