Whether you are getting a blood test, stepping on a smart scale, or wearing a fitness tracker, you are generating a stream of personal medical data. But who truly owns that information? As medical ...

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It was not that long ago that nine out of ten U.S. doctors stored their patients' records in color-coded files and updated them by hand. Now, approximately 85% of nationwide office-based physicians ...

Two thousand years ago, physicians in Egypt documented their patients’ symptoms and treatments on papyrus scrolls. These early medical records served a simple, localized purpose: they supported direct ...

Imagine that a for-profit company started monitoring public obesity by collecting body scans of passengers going through airport security and comparing how each person changes over time. Even if their ...

When most people step into a doctor’s office, they have an expectation of privacy. However, as investigative reporter Adam Tanner reveals in his new book, “Our Bodies, Our Data,” the reality is very ...

You hear about HIPAA all the time. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is described on forms at the doctor; it’s referenced in privacy policies; it’s even mentioned on the news.

The medical data of half a million volunteers to Biobank, the UK's health information database, has been offered for sale online, the government has said.

CAMP ASAKA, Japan — The speed, complexity, and volume of potential casualties of future large-scale combat operations will demand well trained and efficient U.S. Army medics and a data centric ...

After HCA Healthcare announced this month that the personal identification data of roughly 11 million HCA patients in 20 states had been exposed in a breach, people may be justifiably concerned that ...

Hospitals and health plans are increasingly using the huge amount of medical data they collect for research. It's a business worth billions of dollars, and sometimes those discoveries can be the ...