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 systemic review of Lakeridge Health in Durham Region was launched following multiple breaches between 2023 and 2025 that ...

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 ...

Healthcare is a very personal experience. In order to receive the best care, individuals must share the most intimate details about themselves. For this reason, trust between patients and healthcare ...

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 ...

Senate Bill 4834 would remove testosterone from the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program, a database created to track ...

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 ...

Nearly one half of patients are concerned about healthcare data breaches, though few actually read physician privacy policies, according to a survey from EHR comparison site Software Advice. According ...

Newer laws, however, incentivize people outside of healthcare, including friends and family members, to report someone they suspect of having an abortion or helping someone else with an abortion.