More U.S. patients will soon have free, electronic access to the notes their doctors write about them under a new federal requirement for transparency. Many health systems are opening up records ...

The Justice Department is demanding that hospitals turn over a wide range of sensitive information related to medical care for young transgender patients, including billing documents, communication ...

The call to action comes when patients see their physician's notes, says Jan Walker, a registered nurse and principal associate in medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard ...