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The Office of Civil Rights laid out major guidance for HIPAA-compliant cloud computing last week, clarifying cloud providers' responsibility to sign business associate agreements. In other health policy news, healthcare finally took center stage at a presidential debate, Bill Clinton went way off message about Obamacare, Obama admitted his entitlement “has got real problems” (albeit fixable ones), and Zeke Emanuel and Bob Kocher were quick to point out the health law’s triumphs.

Headlines

HHS Issues New Guidance On HIPAA And Cloud Computing
Politico

Digital Health Exits 2016 YTD: 112 Digital Health Acquisitions And Two IPOs
Rock Health

More Than 50% Of Kaiser Permanente's Patient Visits Are Done Virtually
Fortune

What 10 Healthcare Experts Would Ask Trump And Clinton About Healthcare
Advisory Board

J&J Warns: Insulin Pump Vulnerable To Hacking
Reuters

Fitbit Creates Research Library With Fitabase
MobiHealthNews

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Rock Health in the News

Google Docs For Life Sciences Startup Benchling Raises $7M
TechCrunch

ICYMI: Bill Evans Joins Rock Health And Four More Digital Health Hires
MobiHealthNews

A Smarter Way To Choose Birth Control (Iodine)
Wired

Funding

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