BRIDGETON -- How could close to two dozen nurses be fired from South Jersey Healthcare without the union being made aware of the firings? It can't, according to SJH spokesman Greg Potter. Because it ...

Basic HIPAA training and adhering to their hospital’s own privacy compliance guidelines may not be enough to ensure nurses are consistently compliant, suggests a Dec. 27 HIPAA Journal report. Ongoing ...

A Georgia man has been sentenced to federal prison in an unusual case in which he portrayed himself as a whistleblower while falsely reporting to authorities that a hospital worker committed criminal ...

Since HIPAA went into effect in 2003, more than 34,000 complaints of privacy violation have been filed. Most complaints (about 80%) were resolved. Many were simply dismissed. Often, a warning was ...

Mercy Health maintains it terminated a nurse at its Hackley Hospital in Muskegon, Mich., for inappropriately viewing medical records of several patients, according to a local ABC affiliate. The former ...

Amesite Inc. announced that its NurseMagic™ platform now complies with HIPAA regulations for all users, both individual and enterprise. This enhancement reinforces the safety and security of sensitive ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: What good is HIPAA law if everyone can know my health problems? I recently called my doctor to ask a question. The nurse informed me about all of my recent past appointments and test ...

ESL nurses in the United States: Nearly 20% of U.S. nurses have English as a Second Language (ESL) International healthcare systems treating U.S. patients: There are over 6.5 Million nurses in the top ...

A routine file maintenance ended in arrest for a nurse who shared a patient’s medical information. A routine file maintenance ended in arrest and jail time for a licensed nurse who shared a patient's ...