Healthy Byte September 3, 2024

Healthy Byte: How Will the Updates to the Health Breach Notification Rule Change the Way PHR Companies React to Incidents?

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an update to its Health Breach Notification Rule on July 29, 2024, outlining a number of changes and additions to its requirements.

Kathleen Benway and Jennifer Everett analyze how the updated rule expands the definition of “personal health record” (PHR), introduces newly defined terms expanding the scope of the Rule and the types of companies that are subject to it, and provide a few takeaways to mitigate FTC scrutiny. 

 

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