FTC Releases Mobile Health App Interactive Tool

New mobile health apps come on the market every day. Consumer use is prolific, with health providers, health plans, and employers with wellness plans either using or promoting their use to their patients or employees. That use opens the door to privacy breaches if the mobile health app developer doesn’t follow necessary privacy and security … Read more

Facebook – The Health Care Privacy Time Bomb

A reporter asked me not that long ago how frequently health care providers post patient health information (PHI) that would permit a reasonable person to identify the patient (even without a name included). I hear rumors of such now and again, and I’ve had my share of clients panic over something posted by an employee. … Read more