Inside the Evolving Healthcare and Privacy Landscape Helen Oscislaws With healthcare becoming more digitally integrated year on year, health data has grown increasingly sensitive – and potentially vulnerable to misuse. Regulation in the US and internationally to combat data misuse has seen a corresponding sea change, with new developments underway as the pace of digital growth accelerates. Career healthcare law attorney Helen Oscislawski speaks with us on the above and more in this month’s main feature. The following interview takes a close look at Helen’s fascinating career story and the current state of healthcare and privacy law in the US, as well as the uncertain future of health data privacy with the advent of app-based health information services. Thank you very much for speaking with us, Helen. For our readers who may not have encountered you before, can you please share a little about your practice and your personal journey in the field of law? It is hard for me to believe that I have been practicing law for over 23 years! Growing up, pursuing a career in law was not even in the realm of my awareness. I grew up an only child to two working parents who came to the United States as Ukrainian refugees shortly after World War II. Quite often, I was looked after by my grandmother who did not understand English. Consequently, Ukrainian was my first spoken language. One might say that 14 LAWYER MONTHLY AUGUST 2023
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