On Monday, Chief U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon denied a Department of Justice request to force UPMC to turn over records for minor patients who received gender-affirming care. In doing so, she did ...

Google employees were recently required to share personal health information with a third-party AI tool or else forego health benefits. Amid significant employee concerns for medical privacy, Google ...

AI is changing the way doctors diagnose health conditions and treat patients. There’s a lot of optimism about its potential for improving health outcomes. However, because AI requires massive amounts ...

Five practical guardrails to get accurate, private and actionable health answers from AI chatbots — what to ask, what to avoid.

Influenced by advancements in AI and wearable technology, and fueled by privacy concerns, reproductive health data is at a pivotal intersection of federal and state regulations. Traditionally, the ...

A lawsuit filed by electronic health record giant Epic could encourage reforms to a problematic system, where non-health companies can get their hands on patient records without their knowledge. A new ...

A judge has tentatively approved a settlement in a class action lawsuit over patient data at MarinHealth Medical Center. The lawsuit, which was filed last year in Marin County Superior Court, alleges ...

Overall, Wachter considers ChatGPT Health a step forward from the current iteration. People were already using the bot for health queries, and by providing it with more context via their medical ...

Ask most Utahns, and they will likely tell you that their most sensitive medical information is protected by federal (HIPAA) and state privacy laws from redisclosure to third parties unless their ...

Even the most pro-privacy of us can sometimes get flummoxed if forced to plumb the depths of HIPPA-related privacy standards when it comes to sharing medical information. Boss: “What do you mean I can ...

The White House recently disclosed that President Trump experiences chronic venous insufficiency, possibly intended to head off concerns that he suffers from a serious age-related health condition ...