Doctors in a meeting (Getty Images) The Department of Health and Human Services is responding to a growing threat of cyberattacks against the healthcare industry. Healthcare was the most breached ...

Katie Palmer covers telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy — with an emphasis on the impacts of digital health care for patients, providers, and businesses. You can ...

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The newly proposed Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule may look very different once it becomes official as concerns loom. Earlier this year, the Federal Register ...

Basic HIPAA training and adhering to their hospital’s own privacy compliance guidelines may not be enough to ensure nurses are consistently compliant, suggests a Dec. 27 HIPAA Journal report. Ongoing ...

Since the inception of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in 1996, covered entities have had to navigate its murky waters. Last year, the Department of Health and Human Services ...