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Professor Terry Comments on Anthem Data Breach, Need for Encryption
02/09/2015
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Professor Nicolas P. Terry was quoted by the Associated Press for a news story on the Anthem data breach and gaps in federal health privacy laws. His comments have circulated widely.
He also will be guest on the radio program “Wharton Business Radio” on February 10. The show is a daily, call-in business interview broadcast from The Wharton School. The program airs Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to noon Eastern Standard Time on SiriusXM channel 111.
The print news stories quote Professor Terry: “In today’s environment, we should expect all health care providers to encrypt their data from end to end.” Professor Terry goes on to recommend that if the voluntary approach to encryption isn’t working, Health and Human Services “should amend the security rule to make encryption mandatory.”
The news story is currently on ABC News, the Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Virginia, the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Professor Terry wrote about the Anthem data breach in his blog post dated February 7 on the Harvard Law “Bill of Health” blog.
Professor Terry is the Hall Render Professor of Law and executive director of the Hall Center for Law and Health. His research interests lie primarily at the intersection of medicine, law, and information technology. His recent scholarship has dealt with health privacy, social media and health, big data, and health care fragmentation. He is one of the permanent bloggers at HealthLawProf and at Harvard Law School’s Bill of Health. His recent publications are available on the Social Science Research Network, and he can be followed on Twitter @nicolasterry.
