Medical identity theft - or the use of a person's identifying information to obtain medical treatments, services or goods - is a growing concern in the United States. In 2018 alone, more than a quarter of all reported identity theft cases were related to medical and insurance identity fraud.
How to protect yourself against medical identity theft
Study: Electronic medical records surprisingly costly to patients
Electronic medical records have been touted as a tool to increase the quality of health care while decreasing the expense to the patient. This sensible proposition is facing an unexpected setback after a recent study published in the medical journal Health Affairs suggests that the cost of healthcare may increase when doctors use electronic records ("Health IT").
