In a move to hasten research “that could lead to the availability of promising medical treatments and devices,” the House Committee on Energy and Commence has voted unanimously in favor of the 21st Century Cures bill, which looks to remove the patient consent requirement for covered entities to use protected health information (PHI) for academic purposes, GovInfo Security reports. The move has raised concerns, however. "The patient control is being relaxed, yet it's unclear to me where the data will go,” said the Center for Democracy & Technology’s Michelle de Moouy. Separately, Privacy This Week reports the second phase of the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audits “is on its way.”
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