Did you know when you're in the hospital, the fundraising staff has access to part of your health record unless you opt-out? Our love affair with Big Data is transforming patient privacy into a relic.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hessie Jones is a strategist, entrepreneur and investor covering AI As data-driven technologies continue to evolve, healthcare ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Proposition 46 calls for drug testing doctors and raising the cap on medical malpractice judgments. But another facet of the measure regarding patient privacy is stirring up ...

Healthcare in Ghana, like in many parts of the world, is deeply rooted in cultural traditions and communal support. It is common for family members, religious groups, and even entire communities to ...

Handling sensitive patient data is a critical responsibility for organizations involved in clinical trials. To meet regulatory requirements, many rely on SDTM mapping—a process that converts raw ...

In health care settings, the use of visual indication trims on the door lock largely supports privacy for both patients and providers. They do this by displaying the room’s occupied or vacant status, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Iowa Board of Medicine regulates the state's medical profession as part of the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and ...

In the name of patient privacy, a security guard at a hospital in Springfield, Mo., threatened a mother with jail for trying to take a photograph of her own son. In the name of patient privacy, a ...