Re:Mental Health App Talkspace Raises $50M
by marcinzm on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @08:42PM
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>I'm not sure how they are able to get away with this without violating HIPAA though.
The same way every health app out there does it. By not having medical professionals involved, not transmitting data in standard electronic medical formats and not getting data already classified under HIPAA. Without those you're no longer a covered entity or business associate under HIPAA so you can do whatever you want.
Contrary to belief, HIPAA is not about medical data as a whole.
The same way every health app out there does it. By not having medical professionals involved, not transmitting data in standard electronic medical formats and not getting data already classified under HIPAA. Without those you're no longer a covered entity or business associate under HIPAA so you can do whatever you want.
Contrary to belief, HIPAA is not about medical data as a whole.