Information Release to Patient Families and Caregivers: What Does HITECH/HIPAA Actually Say?
One of the most important objectives of the HIPAA Privacy Rule—and the HITECH Act in particular—was to ensure that consumers have easy and affordable access to their own protected health information. The regulations also clarified how and when medical information about a patien....
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