Health systems using Epic are the first in the U.S. to begin sharing patient records with the Social Security Administration through a new federal interoperability framework. The connection is enabled ...

Americans are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT for something deeply personal: their health. They are asking about symptoms, medications, mental health struggles and ...

Healthcare IT firm CareCloud has disclosed a data breach incident that exposed sensitive data and caused a network disruption lasting approximately eight hours. The New Jersey-based company said in a ...

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Under a bill that passed the state House Thursday and is slated to head to the Senate floor, health care providers and insurance companies would be required to submit data on transgender patients and ...

A new algorithm for determining how much aged care support people can receive to remain living at home is being blamed for reducing care for older Australians. Advocates, assessors and providers say ...

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A data security incident involving a third-party vendor has affected some patients of Deaconess Health System in Evansville, Ind. The incident was identified Feb. 2, when Deaconess’ release of ...

Data breaches are on the rise in recent years. One of the largest health care data breaches in U.S. history has spurred dozens of class action lawsuits looking to hold the company behind it fiscally ...

Data incidents have become so common that you may be tempted to throw away notification letters. Don’t do that, experts say. By Ann Carrns Do you feel that you get an awful lot of data breach notices ...

The goal should be purposeful integration: using records to improve context for education, navigation, and appropriate escalation—without presenting the tool as a substitute for professional judgment.