What Oregons Move to Redefine Data Privacy Means for PHI

New legislation targets healthcare data aggregation business and empowers consumers. Change is coming to the way government and healthcare providers treat personal medical data. In early January 2019, legislators in Oregon introduced Senate Bill 703 the Oregon Health Information Property Act which would effectively change how personal health information is treated under the law by labeling it as the patients property. The change would pave the way for individuals to authorize and be compensated for third-party access to PHI. The...