On September 4, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed the federal government’s appeal in the case brought by the American Hospital Association (AHA) concerning the use of third-party online tracking technologies by health care providers… Read More ›
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Online Tracking in Healthcare: Court Sides with Hospitals in Dispute with HHS
On June 20, 2024, the Court issued its judgment in the American Hospital Association (AHA)’s case against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning the use of third-party online tracking technologies on unauthenticated, public-facing webpages of healthcare providers…. Read More ›
Cybersecurity and HIPAA: NIST’s 2024 Resource Guide for Regulated Entities
In February 2024, the final version of a resource guide concerning cybersecurity and the implementation of the HIPAA Security Rule was published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. It provides… Read More ›
Metadata vs. Subjective Intent: The Key Dispute in AHA’s Lawsuit Against HHS concerning the use of Third-Party Tracking Technologies on Public Hospital Webpages
On April 11, 2024, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and its Co-Plaintiffs responded to legal arguments by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning certain restrictions on the use of third-party tracking technologies on hospital websites. … Read More ›
HHS provides legal position on the use of Tracking Technologies on Public Facing Webpages of Hospitals in AHA Suit
On March 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided their legal position concerning the use of tracking technologies on hospital and other healthcare provider websites and apps in the legal action brought by the American… Read More ›
The World Health Organization Issues Guidance on Large Multi-Modal AI Models
On January 18, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) published, “Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health Guidance on large multi-modal models,” which follows an earlier 2021 guidance on AI and addresses regulatory issues surrounding generative AI, specifically large… Read More ›
HHS seeks to increase Cybersecurity in the Health Care Sector
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been making efforts to increase cybersecurity in the health care sector and outlined its strategy in a concept paper released in December 2023. The paper stresses that both patient safety… Read More ›
AHA Files Suit Seeking to Preserve the Ability of Hospitals to Use Third Party Tracking Technologies on Public Webpages
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is challenging a healthcare data privacy Bulletin issued by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Bulletin in question prohibits HIPAA-regulated entities from using third-party tracking… Read More ›