Google-Ascension recap. Deals, clearances, studies.

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This issue's intro section is dedicated to the snowballing Google-Ascension story, which first got rolling with a breathless report in The Wall Street Journal over what seemed at first blush to be a not-terribly-uncommon BAA health data deal.
After the story hit, the HHS Office of Civil Rights announced an investigation into the deal to determine if they've followed the letter of HIPAA. Congressional members quickly called for a hearing broader in scope that would look into whether Big Tech companies were complying with HIPAA. The hullabaloo also reignited calls for a new law that would govern how health-related data not covered by HIPAA could be shared or purchased, including data from

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