GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Bay Oral Surgery & Implant Center has determined that an unauthorized person accessed an employee’s email account and viewed protected health information, according to a press ...

When it comes to elder patients and caregivers, each party tends to have different ideas for what types of patient health information, and how much, should be made available. Often times, elder ...

Unlike other sectors, US healthcare businesses must reconcile cost-saving strategies with stringent compliance obligations, especially when patient data crosses national borders or is accessed ...

Credit: Getty Images A health app may be linked to a patient's medical record, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that HIPAA protects the information on that health app. Unless an app is provided by a ...

More than 75 health systems sent a letter to federal officials calling for stronger oversight of nationwide data sharing networks, flagging issues with "bad actors" gaining access to patients' medical ...

Today, The Sequoia Project, the non-profit that is leading nationwide health information sharing initiatives, published Guidance to States: Legislating Technical Standard Definitions for Existing ...

Madison, Wis.-based UW Health on May 25 notified patients about a potential privacy breach, according to a news release emailed to Becker’s Hospital Review. Here are four things to know. 1. An ...

Medical records software giant Epic and venture-backed health tech company Particle Health are mired in an ongoing dispute over healthcare data exchange practices. Epic cut off data requests from some ...

Harris Health is notifying more than 5,000 patients of a “privacy incident” in which a former employee allegedly accessed and released patient information to unauthorized individuals several years ago ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catholic Health has confirmed a proposed settlement of a lawsuit alleging the healthcare provider improperly disclosed patient ...

On January 20, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded 2021 guidelines that previously designated hospitals, clinics, and other health care facilities as “protected areas” and limited ...

The Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in 2022 plunged the United States into a quagmire as anti-choice states hurried to ban abortion or enact draconian restrictions ...