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Telehealth and online health coaching platforms sit in a legal gray zone. Here is how to scope HIPAA correctly, disclose video-session recording, and handle intake-form health data.
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81% of Americans wrongly believe HIPAA protects the health data collected by fitness, period-tracking, and mental health apps, according to a 2023 Harris Poll conducted for ClearDATA. See which three states, plus one federal rule, actually cover that gap in 2026.
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OCR closed 2025 with 21 HIPAA settlements and civil monetary penalties, the second-highest annual total on record, totaling roughly $6.6 million. See the largest fines in HIPAA history, the four penalty tiers, and why 90% of cases trace back to one root cause.
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77% of US adults are concerned about the privacy of medical information they give to AI tools, according to a March 2026 KFF tracking poll. See how that concern sits alongside 710 HHS-reported breaches, patient portal adoption, and where HIPAA's coverage actually ends.
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HHS Office for Civil Rights settled with OSF Healthcare System for $552,250 plus a two-year corrective action plan on July 1, 2026, over a 2021 ransomware breach that exposed 53,907 patients' records.
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