Morning Headlines 8/29/25
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.
Is the "E" in EMR/EHR electronic or enterprise? Electronic seems dated, like horseless carriage.