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AOHC 2026 Concurrent Sessions

OEM Related Law and Regulations

105 - An Even More Entangled Web: AI, Digital Privacy, and Cybersecurity Challenges in Current Occupational Health Practice

Sunday, April 19, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM CT
Location: Chicago Ballroom X
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Disclosure(s):

Manijeh Berenji, MD MPH: No financial relationships to disclose
Stephanie Eckerle, JD: No financial relationships to disclose
Jeff Donnell, President: Enterprise Health: President (Ongoing)
Session Description: Occupational health providers must navigate overlapping federal, state, and employer obligations related to record-keeping, privacy, access, and security. Building up on Stephanie Eckerle’s 2025 presentation, we will expand on this topic, providing a guide to providers on how to correctly categorize records and apply the right law or policy to each context, including OSHA recordkeeping and access, HIPAA, the Information Blocking Rule, ADA, FMLA, EEOC, DOT requirements, and relevant state laws. This one-hour session will clarify when each regime applies, how to categorize clinical versus employment records, and how to balance access and retention requirements with confidentiality. Special attention will be given to sensitive domains, including drug testing, communicable diseases, mental health, and reproductive care. We will also provide concrete digital privacy safeguards and conduct thorough vendor due diligence to reduce breach risk. Finally, we examine realistic AI use cases in occupational health, highlighting governance, fairness, and protection of PHI, so that providers can adopt innovations responsibly.

Educational Gaps: AI, digital privacy, and cybersecurity challenges that Occupational Health Providers face.

Is this session being sponsored by an ACOEM Section or Component?: Health Informatics

Has this session previously been presented?: Yes, building up on Stephanie Eckerle's AOHC 2025 presentation "230 - A Tangled Web: Navigating the Complexities of Recordkeeping, Privacy, and Security for Occupational Health Providers."

The AOHC 2026 theme is Healthy workers. Healthy world: Yes helping OEM providers and administrators to better understand the digital and technological advancements as well as provide tips on how to comply with AI/digital privacy regulatory statutes and what frameworks to use to keep workers' information safe.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify existing key AI/digital privacy/cybersecurity statutes and regulations that govern the privacy, security, and access to certain employment and health records.
  • Review existing AI/digital privacy/cybersecurity frameworks that occupational health providers can utilize to ensure accurate record classification and identify risk areas related to the disclosure of records.
  • Provide the occupational health provider with practical information and risk management strategies related to AI, digital privacy, and cybersecurity of health records so can better safeguard employee confidentiality.