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title: New OCR App Guidance Shows Need for CE's to insist on Safeguards from Vendors
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# [New OCR App Guidance Shows Need for CE's to insist on Safeguards from Vendors](https://www.ostendio.com/news-and-awards/new-ocr-app-guidance-shows-need-for-ces-to-insist-on-safeguards-from-vendors)

 Written by [Ostendio](https://www.ostendio.com/news-and-awards/author/ostendio) | Mar 24, 2016 5:36:28 PM

 Ostendio Founder and CEO Grant Elliott was recently interviewed by the Report on Patient Privacy on OCR's new guidance for application developers. The article asked the question "Are App Vendors HIPAA Business Associates?". Read Grant's perspective. [Report on Patient Privacy](https://ostendio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Report-on-Patient-Privacy-0316.pdf)

 

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