The latest Supreme Court case related to abortion is not technically about the legal right to have one. When the court heard oral arguments on Dec. 2, 2025, the word “abortion” came up only three ...

More than 100 health systems and other provider organizations “have united to oppose” cybersecurity and privacy regulations proposed back in January. The groups, corralled by the College of Healthcare ...

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. A visit to a doctor's office often means ...

A group of five Delaware nursing homes has paid $182,000 over its efforts to publicize patients’ success stories, federal officials announced Tuesday. The Department of Health and Human Services ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with BST & Co. CPAs, LLP, a New York-based accounting and business ...

The study of 214 healthcare IT leaders and practice managers at organizations with fewer than 250 employees found that nearly all small practices (98%) claim their platforms "encrypt emails by default ...

In 2024, the healthcare sector experienced over 700 data breach incidents, which is higher than any other industry, including finance. These breaches exposed more than 275 million patient records, ...

Following the Dobbs decision, many states enacted their own privacy and consumer protection laws that may impose additional or stricter obligations on covered entities when handling reproductive ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was introduced in 1996 to safeguard private health information and ensure continuity of coverage for individuals navigating employment ...

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