A recent survey conducted by the Robert Graham Center, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and Anthem caught my attention. The survey was conducted to gauge the attitudes of primary care physicians regarding telehealth. And the results make for interesting reading— providing great insight into how certain providers view and use telehealth. What struck me
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Promoting Patient Privacy through Effective Notices of Privacy Practices
By Brandon Ge and Alaap Shah
The Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) is taking laudable steps to improve notices of privacy practices (“NPPs”) and make them more clear, understandable, and user-friendly. Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, individuals are entitled to a receive an NPP informing them of how their health information may be…