The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights Feb. 13 announced the launch of a program to implement and enforce statutory and regulatory requirements under 42 CFR Part 2, which ...

Study finds nearly five-fold higher odds of in-hospital death for patients with duplicate ...

Patient portals have become one of the most powerful tools in modern health care, reshaping how we interact with our health care providers and medical records. Nearly every major health system offers ...

ChartSquad warns attorneys against buying client medical records from entities using false pretenses to access patient ...

"In my prior column, 'Admissibility of Medical Records Update,' NYLJ, Dec. 19, 2025, p. 3, col. 3, I discussed the Second ...

The language in a patient’s medical record can convey information not only about the patient’s condition but about the attitude of the clinician writing the report. The language in a patient’s medical ...

Time is running out for all who haven’t yet done it. “the most important thing that folks can do right now is to get their ...

New research suggests that patients with duplicate medical records face substantially higher risks during hospital stays, ...

The system was announced in 2017 and was expected to launch in Michigan in 2023 but has been beset by missteps and delays.