Patient Rights of Access to Medical Information
Much of the discussion around patient privacy and confidentiality centers around appropriately restricting and securing access to protected health information, and this is for good reason- threats such as data breaches and cyber attacks often dominate the news, and medical practices are understandably concerned about the risks of litigation and bad publicity associated with privacy violations. It is important, however, to remember that patients have the right to access, and in some cases to direct others to access, their medical information in a timely fashion and at a reasonable cost. Providers own their physical records, but patients increasingly expect to have the ability to exercise their legal rights to the information contained in those records. Laws pertaining to medical...
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