The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is the administrator and coordinator of the United States private sector voluntary standardization system. The ANSI Mission Statement is as follows: To enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S. business and the U.S. quality of life by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems, and safeguarding their integrity. High-quality personnel certification […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs finalized its new telehealth regulation, 38 C.F.R. § 17.417. The new regulation provides that: “Health care providers may provide telehealth services, within their scope of practice, functional statement, and/or in accordance with privileges granted to them by VA, irrespective of the State or location within a State where the health care provider or the beneficiary […]
Within the European Union, the protection of natural persons in relation to the processing of personal data is a fundamental, although not absolute, right. On May 25, 2018, the provisions of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR” or “Regulation”) ((EU) 2016/679) take effect. The GDPR repeals the Data Privacy Directive (Directive 95/46/EC) that took effect in 1995. […]