The confidentiality of patient-doctor communications is a cornerstone of medical ethics and effective care, and rightly so — the information we divulge in the course of treatment is often highly ...

In the first quarter of 2022, my personal life converged with my work life concerning the topic of healthcare data use and privacy. My new role at a healthcare IT company necessitated research and a ...

Healthcare organizations are struggling to sufficiently protect patient privacy. Although detecting the inappropriate access of protected health information (PHI) is required by HIPAA, it's nearly ...

With a goal of better matching the right patients to all the right medical records, federal regulators have issued new draft technical specifications for standardizing how patients' physical addresses ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights has released two new patient privacy resources that healthcare organizations can use to educate patients about reducing their ...

At the beginning of July 2020, the COVID-19 cases and deaths were about 12 million and 500,000, respectively, worldwide. These grim statistics have various implications for affected individuals, ...

Nurse leaders must do their best to help maintain patient privacy and be prepared to pivot as regulatory requirements change. As nurse leaders, it's important to guide the workforce to do their best ...

While healthcare data breaches fell slightly in 2024 compared to 2023, the number of individuals affected by data breaches sky-rocketed, driven by the February 2024 ransomware attack on Change ...

AI can help transform patient feedback into actionable insight, helping healthcare leaders detect trends, improve experience ...

In a letter sent to the Legacy Emanuel president, the union alleged HIPAA violations and unauthorized ICE access. Legacy called the claims incomplete and misleading.

Medical influencers and social media, having changed the ways in which physicians communicate, now carry certain ethical responsibilities.