What legislation supporters call a win for parental rights in Ohio has some worried that children suffering from abuse or ...

The Ohio House has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would require health care providers to give parents access to a minor’s ...

Katie DeLand didn't realize she had no access to her 15-year-old son's medical records until a debt collection agency called her about a missed payment for a sports-related procedure. "The mere fact ...

If you gave up on doing HITECH requests and went back to sending requests to providers with the patient's direction to send the records right to you, following up relentlessly, getting records, and ...

COLUMBUS —Ohio Rep. Angie King, R-Celina, announced her vote in support of the My Child-My Chart Act on Thursday. House Bill ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday made a fresh push to improve Americans’ access to their own medical records, tasking dozens of major health and technology companies with solving an issue that has ...

HealthEx has launched a new patient-directed health data exchange service under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, or TEFCA. Announced on Tuesday, the new service offers patients ...

More and more patients are accessing their medical records via patient portals or apps on their phones and tablets, and the frequency with which they access these records is increasing, according to a ...

The American Revolution had July 4. The allies had D-Day. And now U.S. patients, held down for decades by information hoarders, can rally around a new turning point, October 6, 2022 — the day they got ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Okay parents — heads up! We learned information Tuesday that we bet a lot of you didn’t know. When your child turns 12, you automatically lose access to most of his or her ...

HIPAA regulations strictly control access to a deceased spouse’s medical records, including those from Medicare. You can only access these records if you legally represent their estate or have ...