Re:Amazon Buys One Medical
by chimeracoder on Saturday March 04, 2023 @01:50AM
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> In this case, it's a bit different. Pretty much all of that information is protected by HIPAA.
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> I'm not sure the FTC will be Amazon's primary regulatory concern in this instance. And HIPAA is just the start. The FTC really is the least of your concerns once you start playing in healthcare on a diagnostic level.
It's been less than 48 hours since the FTC fined another high-profile healt-tech startup for selling patient data to advertisers, including Facebook and Snapchat: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/02/...
HIPAA provides some very basic protection, but nowhere near what most people think it does, and nowhere near enough.
Re:Amazon Buys One Medical
by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday March 04, 2023 @03:17AM
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A day or two ago, an HN thread had the founder of a company that worked with medical information, explain that HIPAA is actually a bit of a “paper tiger.”
It applies in very specific situations, and it can be surprising where it can be circumvented.
Re:Amazon Buys One Medical
by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday March 04, 2023 @06:17AM
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This was the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35002882
I'm not sure the FTC will be Amazon's primary regulatory concern in this instance. And HIPAA is just the start. The FTC really is the least of your concerns once you start playing in healthcare on a diagnostic level.
Full disclosure, I've exited a diagnostic medical imaging software company and have been through the regulatory proctology exams that are 510(k) and HIPAA.