Deputy District Attorney Aimee McLeod requested an accused person's medical records without sufficient cause, potentially ...

Despite over 2.5 million job-related injuries and illnesses annually and the proliferation of patient medical information as ...

La., a physician and chair of the Senate health committee, has proposed legislation that aims to create parallel HIPAA-like ...

The Bush administration has proposed changing the rules that protect the privacy of a patient's medical records. The plan would loosen a provision that requires doctors, hospitals and other providers ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Health care professionals and patient advocates have sued to overturn new medical privacy rules that took effect Monday, claiming the regulations do more harm than good. The suit, ...

Ask most Utahns, and they will likely tell you that their most sensitive medical information is protected by federal (HIPAA) and state privacy laws from redisclosure to third parties unless their ...

Concerns were raised this week over patient privacy, after papers found near a Plymouth hospital property demolition site, ...

Heart rate. Blood pressure. Sleep measurements. Blood oxygen levels. Once upon a time, these measurements were usually only ...

A judge has tentatively approved a settlement in a class action lawsuit over patient data at MarinHealth Medical Center. The lawsuit, which was filed last year in Marin County Superior Court, alleges ...

May 19, 2003 — When the federal government imposed new requirements on the healthcare industry to protect patients' privacy, it intended to standardize the way patient information is handled across ...

Many military members do not seek mental health services because they don’t think getting that care will remain private — and that concern is not unwarranted, according to a new report. Fear of their ...