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I might be wrong, but my understanding is that HIPAA privacy rules only apply to healthcare providers like hospitals and their employees. https://en.wikipedia.
by swyman 11y ago
I might be wrong, but my understanding is that HIPAA privacy rules only apply to healthcare providers like hospitals and their employees.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act#Privacy_Rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_a...
- dmix 11y agoThis is correct. We ran a website for diabetics where users volunteered health data and HIPAA didn't apply to us. If it coordinated data exchange with doctors directly then it would be different.
- cakeface 11y agoWhat about doctors using an iPhone to check a patient's files? Would apple have to make a secure HIPAA compliant version for hospital use? What about government use? I bet all those FBI agents are talking to each other with iphones...