A lawsuit filed by electronic health record giant Epic could encourage reforms to a problematic system, where non-health ...

Did you know when you're in the hospital, the fundraising staff has access to part of your health record unless you opt-out? Our love affair with Big Data is transforming patient privacy into a relic.

A recent lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges that Sharp HealthCare recorded conversations between doctors and their patients without written consent, using the information to document ...

OpenAI recently introduced ChatGPT Health, "a dedicated experience in ChatGPT designed for health and wellness," as a ...

The increased sharing of patient data as hospitals and health systems research COVID-19 and seek new revenue streams as businesses seek “mining rights” to that data has raised patient privacy concerns ...

What is patient privacy for? The Hippocratic Oath, thought to be one of the earliest and most widely known medical ethics texts in the world, reads: "Whatever I see or hear in the lives of my patients ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Proposition 46 calls for drug testing doctors and raising the cap on medical malpractice judgments. But another facet of the measure regarding patient privacy is stirring up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Iowa Board of Medicine regulates the state's medical profession as part of the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and ...

Mobile devices are everywhere, and most healthcare organizations are following the trend and adopting mobile devices at the point of care. In particular, clinicians at hospitals and healthcare ...

Epic Systems and a coalition of health care providers have filed a federal lawsuit against Health Gorilla, Mammoth, ...

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 ...

As more information goes online, security breaches of credit card and Social Security numbers continue to grab headlines. But how safe is your doctor’s most recent prognosis? In September 2011, an ...