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In this case, it's a bit different. Pretty much all of that information is protected by HIPAA. I'm not sure the FTC will be Amazon's primary regulatory concern
by bilbo0s 4y ago
In this case, it's a bit different. Pretty much all of that information is protected by HIPAA.
I'm not sure the FTC will be Amazon's primary regulatory concern in this instance. And HIPAA is just the start. The FTC really is the least of your concerns once you start playing in healthcare on a diagnostic level.
Full disclosure, I've exited a diagnostic medical imaging software company and have been through the regulatory proctology exams that are 510(k) and HIPAA.
- chimeracoder 4y ago> In this case, it's a bit different. Pretty much all of that information is protected by HIPAA. > > I'm not sure the FTC will be Amazon's primary regulatory concern in this instance. And HIPAA is just the start. The FTC really is the least of your concerns once you start playing in healthcare on a diagnostic level. It's been less than 48 hours since the FTC fined another high-profile healt-tech startup for selling patient data to advertisers, including Facebook and Snapchat: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/02/ftc-enforcement-action-bar-goodrx-sharing-consumers-sensitive-health-info-advertising https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/02/... HIPAA provides some very basic protection, but nowhere near what most people think it does, and nowhere near enough.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoA day or two ago, an HN thread had the founder of a company that worked with medical information, explain that HIPAA is actually a bit of a “paper tiger.” It applies in very specific situations, and it can be surprising where it can be circumvented.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoThis was the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35002882 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35002882