Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) adopted a new proposal to strengthen the ...

The updates aim to fortify the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic protected health information, or ...

Amy S. Leopard and Eric Setterlund of Bradley discuss proposed new regulations to enhance cybersecurity protections for ...

Health care providers oppose stricter federal patient privacy rules proposed in response to rising cybersecurity threats.

Amazon One palm-scanning technology is moving into the healthcare space to speed patients through the check-in process.

Rangy new HIPAA reg proposals could ramp up cybersecurity expectations, investments, and dings for falling short. Make sure you're ready.

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2025. This month features long-awaited ...

In its less severe forms, patients experience progressive loss of muscle and motor function, as well as deteriorating quality of life. At the time of Mitchell’s diagnosis, there was no treatment ...

Patients who experience NHS admin issues - such as chasing test results or not being updated on waiting times - are less likely to seek care in the future, new research has found. It comes as a ...

Patients who encounter administrative problems in the NHS ... “For people with a learning disability these barriers to healthcare form part of the picture where they die on average up to 23 years ...

The privacy and security provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) require us to ... We may request a post-care evaluation, in the form of a patient satisfaction ...

Patients report failed abortions, misplaced IUDs and inadequately trained staff. The health care provider of last resort is working to shore up affiliate clinics that are in dire financial straits.