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What is patient privacy for? The Hippocratic Oath, thought to be one of the earliest and most widely known medical ethics ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite the setback, the office continues to treat patients, using an app to assist with scheduling, although they lack ...

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 ...

A recent lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges that Sharp HealthCare recorded conversations between doctors and ...

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 ...

Most patients like what they see on the computer monitor on my desk. There are lists of their medications and medical problems, laboratory results and reminders to do mammograms. They are impressed ...

If the cheerleaders — including the one in the Oval Office — are right, computerized medical records will save us all: save jobs, save money, reduce errors, and transform health care as we know it. In ...