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- 1Clinical trial and genetic data exposed in research database breaches●Clinical trial data including genetic and medical history information has been exposed in academic research database bre
Clinical trial data, including genetic and medical history information, has been exposed in breaches of academic research databases affecting thousands of study participants. Privacy advocates are urging affected individuals to exercise their rights under HIPAA, which allows patients to request their full medical records along with a list of everyone those records were shared with, and to have errors corrected.
- 2HHS Clarifies Privacy Rules for State Medicaid Programs●HHS Office for Civil Rights Clarifies Privacy Rules for State Medicaid Programs
The US Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights has issued guidance clarifying how federal privacy rules apply to state Medicaid programs. The clarification is intended to help states understand their obligations under HIPAA when handling patient information, though details of specific changes were not immediately outlined in the announcement.