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When a Patient Requests Access to their Medical Record
Establish policy to handle patient medical record access scenarios, legally. Patients have a right to “request to view” their medical record. This right is conferred by the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule of 2001 [45 C.F.R. § 164.524]. Let’s review legal details, so you can best […]
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When a Patient Requests to Amend their Medical Record
How to fulfill their legal right, legally. Patients have a federal right to “request to amend” their medical record. This right is conferred by the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, otherwise known as the HIPAA Privacy Rule of 2001 (45 C.F.R. § 164.526). Let’s review legal details so you can best formulate […]
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