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FTC Mandates Vendors Notify Patients of Breaches
Author: Seymore Bones Published Date: June 27, 2024 Leave a Comment on FTC Mandates Vendors Notify Patients of Breaches
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has amended its Health Breach Notification Rule to require vendors of personal health records (PHR) and related entities not covered by HIPAA to notify individuals, the FTC, and, at times, the media, when a breach in protected health information (PHI) occurs. The change will take effect July 29.
Physicians do not have to notify patients if their PHI is leaked via a PHR vendor that is not a business associate of the physician. That responsibility falls to the vendors themselves.
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