As shown on the www.hhs.gov website:
The HIPAA Privacy Rule for the first time
creates national standards to protect
individuals’ medical records and other
personal health information.
•It gives patients more control over their
health information.
•It sets boundaries on the use and release
of health records.
•It establishes appropriate safeguards that
health care providers and others must
achieve to protect the privacy of health
information.
•It holds violators accountable, with civil and
criminal penalties that can be imposed if
they violate patients’ privacy rights.
•And it strikes a balance when public
responsibility supports disclosure of some
forms of data – for example, to protect public
health.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule for the first time
creates national standards to protect
individuals’ medical records and other
personal health information.
•It gives patients more control over their
health information.
•It sets boundaries on the use and release
of health records.
•It establishes appropriate safeguards that
health care providers and others must
achieve to protect the privacy of health
information.
•It holds violators accountable, with civil and
criminal penalties that can be imposed if
they violate patients’ privacy rights.
•And it strikes a balance when public
responsibility supports disclosure of some
forms of data – for example, to protect public
health.
For patients – it means being able to make informed choices when seeking care and
reimbursement for care based on how personal health information may be used.
•It enables patients to find out how their information may be used, and about certain disclosures
of their information that have been made.
•It generally limits release of information to the minimum reasonably needed for the purpose of
the disclosure.
•It generally gives patients the right to examine and obtain a copy of their own health records and
request corrections.
•It empowers individuals to control certain uses and disclosures of their health information.
reimbursement for care based on how personal health information may be used.
•It enables patients to find out how their information may be used, and about certain disclosures
of their information that have been made.
•It generally limits release of information to the minimum reasonably needed for the purpose of
the disclosure.
•It generally gives patients the right to examine and obtain a copy of their own health records and
request corrections.
•It empowers individuals to control certain uses and disclosures of their health information.
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