The healthcare industry cannot rely on HIPAA alone to ensure patient privacy, wrote Lucia C. Savage, chief privacy and regulatory officer at digital health company Omada Health, in an op-ed for Health ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Most people have heard of HIPAA, the federal health information privacy rule that allows patients to control who sees their health data and review their medical records for mistakes.

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 ...

Healthcare is a very personal experience. In order to receive the best care, individuals must share the most intimate details about themselves. For this reason, trust between patients and healthcare ...

HIPAA has been in place since 1996, but violations and misinterpretation continue today for healthcare providers small and large alike. Anthony Patane, PMP, information technology advisor with PRN ...

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.

In a letter sent to the Legacy Emanuel president, the union alleged HIPAA violations and unauthorized ICE access. Legacy called the claims incomplete and misleading.

A recent district court case in Missouri may allow patients to use the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act as a basis of a private cause of action in state courts, according to a ...

The Health Information Privacy Reform Act (HIPRA) proposed by Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on November 4th, 2025, is best read ...

On a cool spring evening in 2017, Law Professor Jennifer Oliva (an author of this piece) received a harrowing phone call from a stranger. “They are going to kill me,” said a man we’ll call Brian. A ...

Editor's note: MobiHealthNews spoke with two experts about whether GPT-5 should be regulated or comply with HIPAA, and the broader implications of AI in healthcare. This is part one of a two-part ...