Most of us take the privacy of our patient-doctor relationship for granted. That includes the belief that our medical files, which generally provide a complete overview of our visits, our diagnosis, ...

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 extent of privacy protection given to your medical information often depends on where the records are located and the purpose for which the information was compiled. The laws that cover privacy of ...

The good news: Technology is making it easier to access your medical records. The bad news: Technology is making it easier and easier for non-authorized personnel to access your medical records. The ...

Bill Olds is a privacy researcher. His column on privacy issues appears every other week in Sunday Life. Suggested questions about privacy can be sent to Bill Olds in care of The Courant, Features ...

At a time when many insurers and health information technology companies are busily assembling databases of hundreds of millions of medical records, Americans find it difficult to get access to their ...

What would happen if you had a medical emergency? Would the emergency room doctors know what medications you are taking? Would they know about your allergies? Would they know about your pre-existing ...

Dr. Henry Plummer's "simple, easily retrievable medical record system" is getting an evolutionary revamp that Mayo Clinic says will last for the next several decades. Mayo announced Tuesday it has ...