Q: I just want to get my medical records, but was told I “must use a HIPPA compliant form.” Just what is HIPPA? That’s my first question. A: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ...

Healthcare technology vendors that create, receive, maintain, or transmit protected health information are obligated under HIPAA and other regulations to implement safeguards to ensure the privacy and ...

Discover how the HIPAA Waiver of Authorization permits legal sharing of health data for research while upholding privacy protections. Learn the criteria required for approval.

The US government has published plans to update the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule, in a bid to address surging healthcare data breaches. The ...

Eastern Idaho Public Health recently reported that medical records were accessed without authorization, resulting in a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) data breach, ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A recent study shows that autism diagnoses in the U.S. are at a all time high, and the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has ...