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Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: June 2002

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Fletcher, Donna M.; Rhodes, Harry B.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: June 2002

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Fletcher, Donna M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: June 1999

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: August 2011

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: August 2011

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: August 2011

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: October 2013

Editor's note: This update supersedes the August 2011 practice brief "Retention and Destruction of Health Information."



Health information management professionals traditionally have performed retention and destruction functions using all media, including paper, images, optic....

Author: Tomes, Jonathan P.

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2002

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Hughes, Gwen

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: October 2002

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Author: Hughes, Gwen; Smith, Cheryl M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2001

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Author: Hjort, Beth M.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: March 2004

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.; Larson, Joan C.

Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: January 1999

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.; Larson, Joan C.

Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: January 1999

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.; Larson, Joan C.

Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: January 1999

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.; Larson, Joan C.

Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment

Publication Date: January 1999

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.; Larson, Joan C.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: January 1999

This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Welch, Julie J.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: January 1998

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Author: Schmidt, Peg; Downing, Kathy

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: August 2013

Editor's note: This update supplants the 2002 practice brief  "Release of Information for Marketing or Fund-raising Purposes."


Since its original compliance date in 2003, the HIPAA privacy rule required covered entities (CEs) to adhere to certain standards relative to the use....

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: October 2002

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Author: Hughes, Gwen

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2001

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Author: Warner, Diana

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: May 2013

This practice brief reviews the federal regulations that affect research and the requirements regarding the use and protection of an individual's information.

Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2003

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Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2018

Editor’s Note: This update supersedes the 2013 Practice Brief “Redisclosure of Patient Health Information.”


Redisclosure is the act of sharing or releasing health information that was received from another source, such as an extern....

Author: Downing, Kathy; Odia, Godwin

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: November 2013

Editor’s note: This update supplants the 2009 practice brief “Redisclosure of Patient Health Information.”


Redisclosure is the act of sharing or releasing health information that was received from another source (e.g., external facility or provider) and made part....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: February 2009

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.