HIPAA is a law that protects your medical information and history. Medical providers like doctors and insurance companies are beholden to HIPAA.

About 93% of U.S. adults access the internet, and 80% of those search for health information, despite low levels of ...

Health literacy impacts patient outcomes and experiences, with many adults struggling to understand health information.

To evaluate whether health information you’ve found online is reliable, you can consider its sources, evaluate it for bias, and check it against what trustworthy sources are saying on the topic.

In my role as a subspecialist physician, I’ve worked in diverse settings—from independent outpatient practices to academic centers and hospital ...

October marks Medical Literacy Month, a time to focus on understanding medical information better. The month targets the ...

An internal investigation conducted by Harris Health in 2021 determined that medical and insurance information of patients ...

Zahi Fayad is leading a Digital Twins study investigating how our health data can be put to better use to help us live ...