Attorneys who need their clients’ medical records remember or are aware of the hopes and dashing of hopes that came and went with the implementation of the HITECH Act and then the Ciox v. Azar ...

More and more patients are accessing their medical records via patient portals or apps on their phones and tablets, and the frequency with which they access these records is increasing, according to a ...

The Department of Defense plans to decommission the online portal patients use to access old military health information and recommends patients download their digital medical records if they want to ...

To meet its mission of ensuring safety and effectiveness of medical products, the Food and Drug Administration wants to tap the rich vein of data inside electronic health records. The Food and Drug ...

HIPAA regulations strictly control access to a deceased spouse’s medical records, including those from Medicare. You can only access these records if you legally represent their estate or have ...

Memorial Hermann will add clarifying language to its website about how parents and legal guardians can access adolescent medical records, ending a dispute with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who ...

A class-action lawsuit claims health care providers and data companies overcharged Mainers for their own digital medical ...

Memorial Hermann Health System and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have reached an agreement after a dispute over parental access to adolescent medical records. While Paxton claimed the hospital ...

HIPAA regulations strictly control access to a deceased person’s medical records, including those from Medicare. A spouse can only access these records if they legally represent their partner’s estate ...

If you gave up on doing HITECH requests and went back to sending requests to providers with the patient's direction to send the records right to you, following up relentlessly, getting records, and ...