HIPAA violations don't always come from malicious attacks or headline-making data breaches. More often, they stem from everyday mistakes, like misdirected emails and vendors that aren't as secure as ...

Health tech company Verily is facing a lawsuit filed by former employee Ryan Sloan alleging that the company wrongly terminated him after he escalated complaints that the team engaged in practices ...

When responding to online patient reviews, some healthcare providers are taking defending their reputation too far, and are violating HIPAA laws, The Verge reported April 1. One North Carolina-based ...

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Baycare Health System in Clearwater, Florida, will pay $800,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights to settle allegations of potential HIPAA violations. OCR ...

Almost half the US states have passed comprehensive consumer data privacy protections that go beyond federal health privacy rules, known as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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 ...

Incorporating “augmented care” improves outcomes for patients, but heightens the exposure of hospitals, medical practices, and physicians to compliance pitfalls, particularly under HIPAA’s privacy and ...

The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes standards for how protected health information (PHI) is used and disclosed. The updates for 2026 include expanded patient access to ...

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If your organization already pays for Microsoft 365, Teams feels like the easy answer for team communication. It's already sitting there, and nobody has to look around for a new team communication app ...