Reuters reported: Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday launched Amazon clinic, a virtual platform where users can connect with healthcare providers to help treat common ailments like allergies and skin conditions. Amazon has for years sought to expand its presence in healthcare, where it is a small player. It bought online pharmacy [Read More…]
Libbie Canter, Anna D. Kraus, Tara Carrier, Olivia Vega, and Elizabeth Brim of Covington and Burling write: In a new post on the Covington Digital Health blog, our colleagues discuss a recent amendment to California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (“CMIA”) that expands the scope of the law to cover mental [Read More…]
Anat Even-Chen, Ben Norman, and Karin Kashi of the Israeli law firm BarLaw write: The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) recently published a document for public comments entitled, “Protecting Patients’ Privacy When Transferring Medical Information via Digital Devices and Undesignated Software.” This document presents the PPA’s position on the responsibility [Read More…]
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: The Massachusetts Department of Public Health conspired with Google to secretly install a COVID-19 tracing app onto more than 1 million Android users’ devices without their knowledge and without obtaining warrants, according to a class-action lawsuit filed this week by the New Civil Liberties Alliance. […] [Read More…]