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Tiny US Agency to Enforce Substance Abuse Regs – and HIPAA

HHS shifts enforcement of substance use records confidentiality from SAMHSA to the Office for Civil Rights, which also handles HIPAA enforcement.

Alignmt AI Raises $6.5M in Seed Funding

Healthcare AI governance and risk management startup Alignmt AI announces $6.5 million in seed funding.

NY Health System Settles Web Tracker Privacy Claim for $5.3M

Mount Sinai Health System will pay $5.3 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit that accused it of using pixel tracking tools to send patient portal and website visitor information to Facebook.



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