Telehealth’s GLP-1 boom: balancing obesity care with HIPAA and state consumer privacy laws
This Reuters article explains how rapid telehealth expansion and GLP-1 obesity treatments collide with HIPAA and state privacy rules. For business leaders, it highlights why strong data governance and privacy controls are essential when deploying AI-enabled health services or digital marketing to healthcare clients.
Protecting the front lines: Why primary care needs HIPAA-compliant payment networks
As payment data moves through digital channels, HIPAA-compliant networks reduce risk of PHI exposure in billing, claims, and consumer payments. For business owners, this underlines the importance of secure vendor and payment-stack choices when marketing or delivering services to healthcare providers.
Insider Breaches Identified by Three Healthcare Providers
Internal breaches by insiders remain a significant risk in healthcare, with findings highlighting gaps in access controls, monitoring, and staff training. For decision-makers, the article underscores why least-privilege policies, behavioral analytics, and ongoing security training matter for protecting PHI and maintaining customer trust.
Patient Data Lost in Ransomware Attack on EHR Vendor
The HIPAA Journal reports a ransomware incident affecting an EHR vendor, highlighting third-party risk and the need for robust vendor risk management and incident response planning. For business leaders, it’s a reminder to vet vendors, ensure data-sharing contracts include strong safeguards, and prepare rapid breach response.
Business Associate Data Breach Affects 87 Skilled Nursing Facilities
This HIPAA Journal article covers a business associate data breach impacting multiple facilities, illustrating how third-party relationships can expose PHI. For owners and marketers, it emphasizes the importance of vendor due diligence, secure outsourcing, and transparent breach notification practices to protect brand and customer trust.