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Top News HHS tweaks the Health Insurance Marketplace rules for plan years starting January 1, 2018, assuming it’s still around then (670,000 people signed up on Healthcare.gov last Thursday alone in its busiest day ever). The new rules, most of them...

A federal advisory panel has kicked off discussions about the privacy and security challenges related to the use of big data in healthcare, with a goal of making policy recommendations in the coming weeks. During the Jan. 12 meeting of the Health IT...

Nestled in the tranquil Connecticut River watershed of southwest New Hampshire, the city of Keene has largely avoided the violent unrest common to many other urban areas. With a population of only 23,409 people, Keene’s violent crime index is about half...

Federal health watchdogs say they are cracking down on organizations that don’t protect the privacy and security of patient records, but data suggests otherwise. by Charles Ornstein (David Sleight/ProPublica) This story was co-published with NPR’s...

Despite Wave of Data Breaches, Official Says Patient Privacy Isn’t Dead by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, March 20, 2015, 9 a.m. This story was co-published with NPR’s Shots blog. It’s hard to keep track of even the biggest health data breaches, given...