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Patient privacy group welcomes HHS withdrawal of HITECH Act breach notification rule

Posted in Data Breach

The Patient Privacy Rights Foundation welcomed last week’s announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that it was withdrawing the health data breach notification rule. The Foundation called the withdrawal a “huge step in the right direction” and reiterated its disappointment with the ‘harm threshold’ provision, which allows health care providers to… Continue Reading