This explainer provides a high-level overview of these protections and the statutes that establish such rights, certain ...

From discovering the root cause of diseases to offering new treatments and personalized medicine, the field of bioinformatics has enormous potential to change the way healthcare is delivered to ...

From detecting pneumonia on a chest X-ray to assessing whether a dark spot on the skin is benign or malignant, medical AI ...

The confidentiality of patient-doctor communications is a cornerstone of medical ethics and effective care, and rightly so — the information we divulge in the course of treatment is often highly ...

Healthcare organizations are struggling to sufficiently protect patient privacy. Although detecting the inappropriate access of protected health information (PHI) is required by HIPAA, it's nearly ...

With a goal of better matching the right patients to all the right medical records, federal regulators have issued new draft technical specifications for standardizing how patients' physical addresses ...

Scientists have created a 'digital mask' that will allow facial images to be stored in medical records while preventing potentially sensitive personal biometric information from being extracted and ...

Australia’s largest pharmacy chain has sparked privacy concerns after rolling out AI-powered cameras worn by staff. Some ...

As precision medicine advances so that more effective medical treatments can be tailored based on an patient's genomics and other characteristics, the medical community must take steps to bolster the ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has released new guidance aimed at patient privacy in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, ...