AHA Tells HHS to 'Amend or Suspend' Web Tracking Guidance

Group Calls IP Addresses Under HIPAA 'Too Broad,' Posing Hardships on Hospitals
The American Hospital Association is urging federal regulators to back off from recent guidance that treats patient IP addresses as protected health information, saying that the new rules would "reduce public access to credible health information" and create hardships for doctors and hospitals.

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