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 lawsuit filed by electronic health record giant Epic could encourage reforms to a problematic system, where non-health companies can get their hands on patient records without their knowledge. A new ...

The lawmaker representing the medical sector has called for greater awareness in protecting the privacy of patients at ...

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 ...

Some patients want more control over their health data. Cambridge Health Alliance's Hannah Galvin is working to help.

In the name of patient privacy, a security guard at a hospital in Springfield, Mo., threatened a mother with jail for trying to take a photograph of her own son. In the name of patient privacy, a ...

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 ...

Although EHR adoption rate increased slightly from 2012 to 2013, patient perceptions of data privacy and security remain mostly unchanged. However, data privacy and security still is a leading cause ...

Handling sensitive patient data is a critical responsibility for organizations involved in clinical trials. To meet regulatory requirements, many rely on SDTM mapping—a process that converts raw ...

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 ...

The security concerns of the healthcare industry are well-known. Attacks on patient data have risen 125%1 in recent years, with 90% of all organizations suffering from at least one data breach in the ...