The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released a new platform to provide mobile health developers (and any other interested stakeholders) a sounding board to ask questions, voice concerns, and ...

Washington — For the American people and members of the press hoping to glean a comprehensive rundown of President Trump's condition following his diagnosis with COVID-19, a five-letter acronym has ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --It's been three weeks since Prince died alone in an elevator at Paisley Park. And there is still so much we don't know about what happened to the 57-year-old music icon. Part of ...

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to relax safety measures for people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and the country begins to reopen, many employers, ...

Four years ago, ransomware was just a blip on the healthcare industry’s radar. Today, it’s one of the biggest threats to the market – with 88 percent of all ransomware attacks targeting hospitals.

2018 saw the federal Office for Civil Rights issue a record-breaking $28 million in fines for HIPAA violations and, judging by how many hospitals, insurance providers, government health departments, ...

During the uncertain Covid-19 times, many people choose to get vaccinated or remain on a clear anti-vax stance. In this case, you need to know – who is vaccinated and who isn’t? It can be hard to tell ...

An amendment to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was signed into law on Jan. 5, 2021, directing U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider ...

NPR's Kelsey Snell speaks with Deven McGraw, cofounder of consumer health data firm Ciitizen, to clear up misconceptions about HIPAA rules and protections. Another misconception that crops up a lot in ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — With questions about enforcing different mask rules for different people — given that the difference is something people can choose to keep private — social media was abuzz ...

I thought I'd look into HIPAA a little more, and it turns out the reality of HIPAA is much more complicated then I realized it was. A situation has come up with a friend of mine that I initially ...