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 ...

When immigration agents enter hospitals, and private companies are allowed to buy and sell data that reveals who seeks medical care, patients retreat, treatment is delayed, and health outcomes worsen, ...

Within the walls of a hospital, privacy is sacred—the intimate details of someone’s body and illness are meant to be as carefully guarded, as quietly delivered, as a sacramental confession. But days ...

When patients walked into Planned Parenthood clinics, a consumer data company sold their precise locations to anti-abortion groups for targeted ads. When patients picked up prescriptions for ...

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After an undocumented Tucson resident was arrested by border agents outside St. Joseph’s Hospital in April, health-care providers are grappling with how to protect patients’ privacy and safety without ...