The HIPAA privacy rules give special protection to “psychotherapy notes,” but providers often misunderstand what are and are not covered and how they differ from other mental health records. I.

Health care systems have been putting therapists’ progress reports online, much to the surprise (and anger) of some patients. By Christina Caron Stunned. Ambushed. Traumatized. These were the words ...

We talk in therapy, right? So what’s with all the scribbling? A reader asked a question about the written word that’s too good to erase. It pertains to the value of longhand in the therapy office, ...