The health of patients — physical and financial — depends on how swiftly and efficiently the industry responds to the danger ...

Fowler found an unencrypted, non-password-protected database containing roughly 145,000 files, including PDF, PNG, and other ...

Artificial intelligence has started to appear almost everywhere in our lives. We enjoy its benefits, such as the speedier ...

Hundreds of millions of Americans have their medical information stolen or exposed to health care breaches. The most recent numbers for 2024 show that 183,241,358 patients had their medical records ...

An unencrypted database containing nearly 150,000 patient records of a California provider of home health and palliative care ...

A wealth of information, including Social Security numbers, birth dates, and health insurance details; a reliance on systems connected to the internet; and weak protections. It's easy to see why ...

Data breaches are becoming an alarming trend, and health care incidents stand out for their potentially lifelong consequences. I just reported how a data breach at a physician-led vein center exposed ...

Angela lived with COPD for years. During flare-ups, her small hometown hospital was her lifeline — its staff knew her history, and its electronic medical record system ensured her care team had ...

In July, the Trump administration unveiled two policies: the "Making Health Technology Great Again" initiative and the executive order "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets." At first glance ...

The Northeast Valley Health Corp. in Los Angeles County could be a poster child for the benefits of sharing health data ...