HHS Proposed Rule: Reports on Who Has Accessed Health Information
June 7th, 2011
The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a change under HIPAA’s Privacy Rule which would give patients the right to a report on who has accessed their electronic protected health information. The proposed rule is made pursuant to HITECH, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The rule is open to comment until August 1, 2011
HIPAA currently requires tracking of who has accessed and viewed a patient’s protected health information; the proposed rule would give patients the ability to request the information in a report.
People may now read the proposed rule here.
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