A study of 83 leading hospitals finds barriers to exercising your legal right. This is a Kaiser Health news story. Medical records can be hard for patients to get, even in this digital information age ...

Two thousand years ago, physicians in Egypt documented their patients’ symptoms and treatments on papyrus scrolls. These early medical records served a simple, localized purpose: they supported direct ...

An incorrect diagnosis, scan or lab result may have been inserted into a record. This story is from Kaiser Health News. When Liz Tidyman’s elderly parents moved across the country to be closer to ...

You can learn your blood type through medical records, a blood test, blood donation, or an at-home kit. Knowing your blood type is important for emergencies, surgery, and blood donation. A third of ...