The Confidentiality Coalition and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) have expressed concerns about the potential misuse of patient health information by unregulated third-party applications in a letter to the secretaries of Commerce and Health and Human Services. The groups are also worried that patients may not have sufficient information about third-party apps and the risk of their information not being protected by HIPAA. They have offered recommendations to increase security and protect privacy.

Orca Bio Cell Therapy Gets Landmark FDA Nod for New Kind of Living Medicine
FDA approval of Orca Bio’s Tregzi makes it the first cell therapy based on regulatory T cells, or Tregs. Clinical trial results showed reduced risk


