Episode 165 — Health data, HIPAA, and Privacy

Our medical and health data are valuable - both to promote public health and to enrich data brokers selling our sensitive personal information without our consent. HIPAA is the U.S. federal statute intended to safeguard our medical information - but it does not cover many of the ways our information is released and shared, with unintended consequences and risks. Episode 165 considers the difference between PI and PII and how organizations and individuals can safeguard our health information. Learn the de-identification process of organizations that aim for both HIPAA compliance and privacy-centric reputation. John Cook, President of Kingwood Data Privacy is our guest - https://www.johndcook.com/blog/expert-hipaa-deidentification/  John offers top tips about how our medical information can be protected, while sharing this essential information to battle disease and advance public health.  Time stamps: 01:00 — Who is covered by HIPAA?  03:00 — What are the risks we take on when we share our medical information?  06:19 — How do businesses securely handle medical data?  08:31 — Where might health data privacy be headed in the US in the future?  10:31 — Top tips for organizations dealing with sensitive medical data  11:22 — Top tips for individuals in keeping their medical data secure The first 155 episodes of Data Privacy Detective can be found on the feed of the Frost Brown Todd Podcast. You can listen on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3IrHUTg), Spotify (https://bit.ly/49XRU2k), or Soundcloud (https://bit.ly/3T8EWrw).