Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Century Foundation Releases Report on Strengthening Protection of Patient Medical Data
When Americans seek medical care, they expect privacy surrounding their medical records.
But the world of information is transforming, and there hasn’t been any change in U.S. health privacy laws since 1996. A new report from The Century Foundation reveals companies have built a multi-billion-dollar secondary market in anonymized patient details from billing, insurance claims, prescriptions, physician records, and other information related to medical treatment...