Spotlight on Cybersecurity: Navigating the Data Privacy and Protection Landmines that Plague Telehealth

November 15, 2023 3:45pm

Christopher Logan
Senior Vice President & Chief Security Officer
Censinet

Carolyn Metnick
Partner
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Nicholas Heesters
Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

  • Addressing the increased enforcement focus of HHS and OCR on telehealth and protected health information
  • Wearables and tracking technologies in telehealth: understanding the inherent data privacy compliance risks
    • Examining FTC’s recent enforcement measures to prevent the collection and monetization of sensitive information through conduct exploiting locations, health data, and other private information
  • Understanding the DOJ’s use of the False Claims Act to enforce cybersecurity flaws
  • Assessing the cybersecurity risks associated with telehealth provider use of supply chains and third-party vendors
  • What policies, practices and protocols should telehealth providers be implementing in order to protect confidential information?
  • Navigating compliance with varying state data privacy laws
  • Analyzing cross-border challenges to data and privacy