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HHS' OCR Guidelines Clarify Patients' Right to Health Data
HHS' Office for Civil Rights has
released guidance to help patients exercise their right to access their
personal health information under HIPAA. The guidelines clarify the
types of information covered by HIPAA's access rule, the exceptions to
the rule and how it intersects with requirements under the meaningful
use program, among other things. AHA News et al. Read More
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Ethics and HIT
Challenges...
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
- patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
- transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
- institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
- vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.