Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Feb. 2, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 31 ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A problem affecting the Cleveland Clinic computer systems limited access to some computerized patient records for two hours on Friday. The problem affected the entire Clinic health ...
What is patient privacy for? The Hippocratic Oath, thought to be one of the earliest and most widely known medical ethics ...
Covenant Health detected a cyberattack May 26, 2025, but attackers accessed patient information starting May 18, prompting ...
WASHINGTON — A national dialysis center that contracts with the Department of Veterans Affairs was the target of a ransomware attack breaching veterans medical records containing Social Security ...
The first case involved a patient who sued a hospital after he found out that someone he hadn’t told about his diagnosis was aware of it. In January, the patient, Mr W, who was the owner of an ...
Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Every once in a while (maybe more often than that), a patient ...
Computerized medical records or electronic medical records (EMR) refer to a patient's own medical records in a digital format. EMRs expedite the input, retrieval and storage of medical and insurance ...
Electronic medical records (EMRs) have been a tremendous benefit in exam rooms across the country, creating secure patient history databases that clinicians can easily access and update. Yet, they can ...