mobile privacy & personal health information
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These slides are the talking points for a 15-minute presentation I delivered as part of a Data Privacy Day panel at Cumberland School of Law, Samford University. The event was titled: "Is My Phone Spying On Me?"TRANSCRIPT
MOBILE DATA PRIVACY KEY POINTS FROM
SHEREE MARTIN, J.D., LL.M., PH.D.JANUARY 27, 2012
Cumberland School of Law, Data Privacy Day
My overview considers:
How Mobile Data Impacts PHI Privacy
Davanti Digital Media--
YouTube: http://youtu.be/SmB_lzXcgVE
PHI Privacy Can Be Compromised By
How?
Kaiser Permanente Launches….
Mobile apps for electronic medical records
9 million patients in the system
HIPAA & Data Breaches
HHS database on security breaches involving EHR:
“in the past two years, … 116 data breaches of 500 records or more were the direct result of the loss or theft of a mobile device and led to the exposure of the personal health information of 1.9 million patients.” Keep in mind that “mobile devices” included
laptops, not just smartphones, tablets
Source: Article on govhealthit.com (July 20, 2011) interview with Health IT Security professionals.
HIPAA Applies To:
Healthcare Providers Doctors, Hospitals & Similar Providers Pharmacies
Medical Insurance Companies & Similar Third-Party Payors
Ancillary Administrative Service Providers Outsourced Coding, Transcription, Billing,
Accounting, IT providers
HIPAA & Mobile Apps
If user is healthcare provider or other covered party, then HIPPA will apply.
If app is developed for consumer use, then HIPPA doesn’t apply.
See: http://mobihealthnews.com/11261/when-hipaa-applies-to-mobile-applications/
Consumers & Mobile Privacy Scenarios
Consumer downloads a mobile app that mines personal health data
Smartphone stolen from consumer who has activated mobile access to PHI with healthcare or health insurance provider Remote wipe not enabled
Data mining by non-health apps of data logged when using health apps
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