Recently proposed amendments to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule are designed to enhance ...

Whenever the topic of health and medical data comes up, the prevailing assumption often is that any of this information is subject to the ...

As a family physician, one of my priorities is protecting the privacy of my patients. Medical confidentiality is protected under a regulation known as HIPAA. This rule covers the way in which ...

An Illinois-based brokerage firm that works with employers, businesses and consumers to obtain various types of insurance coverage is notifying nearly 156,000 ...

This is the latest healthcare-related breach to affect South Florida patients as healthcare hacks become more common.

Trump's new EHR system will let people upload medical records and use QR codes to share details with health care providers.

Over 1.2 million internet-connected healthcare devices and systems with exposure that endanger patient data shown in new ...

Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD, a medico-legal expert and the founder of Medical Justice, is calling attention to a landmark federal ...

An ex-hospital clerk and his accomplice are accused of stealing the personal data of more than 4,000 hospital patients and ...

U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., have sent a letter to UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley expressing concern over a recent cyberattack targeting UHG subsidiary ...