Last month, a federal district court in Texas vacated portions of the HIPAA final rule that added heightened protections for ...

While many of the proposed updates to the HIPAA Security Rule are reasonable expectations, others will be extremely onerous ...

Free NPI Lookup examined HHS data and other sources to explore the scale of health care data breaches over the last decade.

As healthcare providers and their vendors develop and implement agentic artificial intelligence and other AI tools, they need ...

Incorporating “augmented care” improves outcomes for patients, but heightens the exposure of hospitals, medical practices, and physicians to compliance pitfalls, particularly under HIPAA’s privacy and ...

Q. The proposed updates to HIPAA security rules aim to bolster protections for electronic protected health information. Beyond compliance, how do these changes reflect a broader shift in how ...

Prohibiting HIPAA covered entities from using or disclosing reproductive health care information if such information would be used for a prohibited purpose, including investigating provision or ...

Privacy and bias concerns and integration challenges are brakes on the pace of health care systems adopting the technology.

HIPAA-regulated entities were required to obtain a written attestation from persons requesting PHI related to reproductive healthcare in situations involving health oversight, judicial or ...

As the Trump administration continues its push to detain undocumented immigrants​, doctors are hearing that some patients are ...