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Dan Goldman (@danielg280), Mayo Clinic and Advisory Board member to the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, discusses the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable information being used to analyze patient…


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Dan Goldman (@danielg280), Mayo Clinic and Advisory Board member to the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, discusses the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety.  

Dan specializes in Internet law, HIPAA and Privacy law, telemedicine, trademark law, copyright law, and social media legal issues.  

HIPPA Social Media Topics Covered:

Identifiable health informationThe HIPAA Security RuleConfidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety RulePatient rights over medical informationThe HIPAA Patient Privacy RuleHow advances in electronic technology can erode the privacy of health informationImpact of recently NLRB rulings on patient privacyHIPAA compliant social media policyImportance of social media compliance training

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