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>"For example, HIPAA regulations require PHI to be encrypted in transit and at rest" Really? What about all those records faxed back and forth between health c
by nkw 9y ago
>"For example, HIPAA regulations require PHI to be encrypted in transit and at rest"
Really? What about all those records faxed back and forth between health care providers.
>"Lastly, how exactly is patient data a virtual gold mine"
Take an antidepressant? Have an STD? Abortion? Treated by a psychiatrist? I would imagine a lot of people would pay a bitcoin or two not to have those issues become public.
- roywiggins 9y agoFaxes are are a special case, and are exempt, I think. Plaintext email, for instance, would not ordinarily be allowed to contain patient health information.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- dragonwriter 9y agoFaxes and phone calls are, generally, explicitly excluded from the definition of electronic media under HIPAA.