The laws aim to protect personal information that federal HIPAA rules don’t cover, including data collected through marketing ...

Despite widespread digital transformation in healthcare, faxing remains a deeply entrenched communication tool. Over ...

Attorney Harry Margolis explains why this simple document can prevent medical mix-ups, protect family access, and simplify ...

Here's a mindset shift that works: Treat HIPAA as a design constraint, not just a post-launch filter. That means involving ...

Those entities must comply with HIPAA but may not need to do so for all operations. A local government with a self-funded health plan may qualify as a HIPAA covered entity. A county that operates a ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act doesn’t include protections for health data collected by wearable ...

Medical information – which includes fitness, genetic issues, and the diseases someone suffers from – is intensely personal stuff. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ...

Ultimately, Khan emphasized that protecting PHI requires more than compliance checkboxes—it demands a continuous, structured ...

Moving patient data to the cloud is becoming the norm in healthcare. It helps with everything from keeping records to ...

Some are claiming that questions about Covid-19 vaccination status are violations of HIPAA. Here security checks Covid-19 vaccination cards before the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Miami ...

Does it violate HIPAA if someone asks about your vaccine status during the pandemic? Some experts say it’s your decision to reveal if you’ve gotten a shot. Julia Wall [email protected] As the ...