"Blue Button+ can centralize authorization," Gropper says, while Direct e-mail addresses can serve as patient identifiers index. Patients can have more than one address for the purpose of segmentation ...

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 ...

Finally! A consumer-centric act that prioritizes the rights and protections of individuals, ensuring data is treated with the utmost respect and care. The healthcare industry is dominated by a ...

The federal HIPAA law protects patient privacy, but some say it can shut out family members trying to help relatives who are experiencing mental health crises. Visiting a doctor's office often means ...

California is advising health care providers not to write down patients’ immigration status on bills and medical records and telling them they don’t have to assist federal agents in arrests. Some ...

ICE agents monitored a detained Salvadoran woman 24/7 in local hospitals, and pressured her to self-discharge against doctor’s orders. While detained patients have legal rights to private medical care ...

In an age where patients expect Netflix-level personalization but demand Fort Knox-level privacy, healthcare marketers face an unprecedented challenge. Implementing ...