CR's guide to common situations when HIPAA protects you—and when it doesn’t. Because health data has fewer safeguards than people think. By Thomas Germain You hear about HIPAA all the time. The Health ...

Google employees were recently required to share personal health information with a third-party AI tool or else forego health benefits. Amid significant employee concerns for medical privacy, Google ...

A recent decision by the Bush Administration threatens to delay or weaken long-sought medical privacy protections in federal law. The ACLU supports the strongest possible medical confidentiality rules ...

Editor’s Note: Marie Cocco is president of Seven Mile Communications, a consultancy specializing in health care communications. She has previously worked in the health insurance industry, in public ...

If you look at the apps on your phone, chances are you have at least one related to your health—and probably several. Whether it is a mental health app, a fitness tracker, a connected health device or ...

Last year, I got pregnant with twins. It’s hard to write that, because twins implies two babies, and I have none. After struggling for years with fertility, I became pregnant through in vitro ...

Legislation aimed at pushing doctors and reluctant health care providers toward a conversion from paper to electronic health records stored in searchable web-based databases is moving through Congress ...

The “P” in HIPAA doesn’t stand for privacy. It’s one of the first things a lot of experts will say when asked to clear up any misconceptions about the health data law. Instead, it stands for ...

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 ...

You hear about HIPAA all the time. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is described on forms at the doctor; it’s referenced in privacy policies; it’s even mentioned on the news.