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 ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights has released two new patient privacy resources that healthcare organizations can use to educate patients about reducing their ...

Every hospital in America promises to protect the privacy of its patients and the details of their medical care. And almost every one of them uses sophisticated data tools to track and share the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Misidentifying patients can have tragic consequences. Numerous catastrophic cases and near misses have been collected by Patient ID Now, a coalition of health care organizations we are affiliated with ...

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 ...

One concern is that AI could make it possible to re-identify patients from anonymized data. Specific regulations for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies may be warranted to ensure the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (BLOOM) — From smartwatches tracking heartbeats to online portals replacing paper charts, digital health innovations have transformed how patients access care. But as hospitals and ...

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