Google employees were recently required to share personal health information with a third-party AI tool or else forego health benefits. Amid significant employee concerns for medical privacy, Google ...

Five practical guardrails to get accurate, private and actionable health answers from AI chatbots — what to ask, what to avoid.

Editor’s Note: Marie Cocco is president of Seven Mile Communications, a consultancy specializing in health care communications. She has previously worked in the health insurance industry, in public ...

A recent decision by the Bush Administration threatens to delay or weaken long-sought medical privacy protections in federal law. The ACLU supports the strongest possible medical confidentiality rules ...

Overall, Wachter considers ChatGPT Health a step forward from the current iteration. People were already using the bot for health queries, and by providing it with more context via their medical ...

Last year, I got pregnant with twins. It’s hard to write that, because twins implies two babies, and I have none. After struggling for years with fertility, I became pregnant through in vitro ...

AI is changing the way doctors diagnose health conditions and treat patients. There’s a lot of optimism about its potential for improving health outcomes. However, because AI requires massive amounts ...

Legislation aimed at pushing doctors and reluctant health care providers toward a conversion from paper to electronic health records stored in searchable web-based databases is moving through Congress ...

The “P” in HIPAA doesn’t stand for privacy. It’s one of the first things a lot of experts will say when asked to clear up any misconceptions about the health data law. Instead, it stands for ...

Many military members do not seek mental health services because they don’t think getting that care will remain private — and that concern is not unwarranted, according to a new report. Fear of their ...