Month: April 2024
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Tracking A Patient’s Every Move: HIPAA Compliance Risk
By: Kelli Fleming with Burr & Forman LLP The Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (”OCR”) recently published a guidance bulletin addressing the use of online tracking technologies by entities covered by HIPAA, including but not limited physician practices. A tracking technology is used to collect information about how online users interact with…
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Medical Association Unveils ‘Your Care is at Our Core,’ Emphasizing Personal Connection in Health Care
83% of Alabamians Agree: Doctor-Patient Relationship is ‘Central’ to Health A strong bond between doctors and patients leads to better health care, say Alabama doctors. A new awareness campaign launched by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama called “Your Care is at Our Core” reinforces this important message. A doctor-patient relationship based on…
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Gov. Ivey Declares March 30 “Doctors Day” in Alabama, Doctors Share Stories of Why They Became Physicians
Gov. Kay Ivey has proclaimed March 30 as “Doctors Day” in Alabama and doctors are celebrating the occasion by sharing personal stories about why they chose medicine for their profession. In a video released by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, several doctors say as they were growing up it was their own doctors who…