UPDATE: HHS PUBLISHED CLARIFICATIONS REGARDING THIS $6.50 PROVISION. PLEASE READ THESE IMPORTANT UPDATES HERE. After the March 23 webinar on this important topic, clients still had very specific questions about the new, additional guidelines. Here… Read More
Patient access is an important component of interoperability, but in the world of covered entities and their business associates (BAs), it’s nerve-racking. We all know the value of protected health information (PHI) to hackers and… Read More
The new year always brings a natural time of reflection – and invites a look ahead. At ScanSTAT, we passed a few key milestones in our growth, and with those exciting accomplishments have come many… Read More
A patient’s rights under HIPAA include the right to restrict the use and disclosure of medical records. While it may have been easier to manage restrictions in a paper record world, the advent of EHRs… Read More
As healthcare becomes much more technologically advanced, it’s important for organizations to know who charted, filed a document, or even accessed a patient’s medical record. But with so many disparate systems that can’t use a… Read More
Bottom Line It is paramount that organizations understand that they’re in no way obligated to restrict any patient records without the proper procedures for such a restriction having been followed by the patient. The restricted… Read More