HIPAA compliance requirements continue to evolve, and recent court decisions have understandably drawn significant attention.

Protecting sensitive health information is a fundamental pillar of modern medicine. Patients trust healthcare organizations ...

If your business is required to maintain a notice of your HIPAA privacy practices, you must act quickly to make sure your notice is updated to ...

Revisions to 42 CFR Part 2 that go into effect soon to better align federal regulations for the confidentiality of substance ...

This guide includes everything employers need to know about HIPAA requirements, as well as a HIPAA compliance checklist.

A recent decision from the Connecticut Supreme Court holds that HIPAA does not preempt state law negligence actions, and suggests state courts can look to federal HIPAA regulations as a guide to ...

A federal patient privacy rule has had a chilling effect on medical research, making it tougher to recruit patients and use their health records, the first national survey on the topic suggests.

Prior to the implementation of the Privacy Rule, there existed fragmented and varied laws and policies concerning health information privacy. [4] The U.S ...

“These changes are consistent with, and arise in part from, the Department’s obligations under Executive Order 13563 to conduct a retrospective review of our existing regulations for the purpose of ...

In one project, protected health information was shared with non-VA investigators without proper approval, a new report states.

Effective bioterrorism planning, prevention, and response require information sharing between various entities, ranging from public health authorities and health-care workers to national security and ...