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REPORT ON PATIENT PRIVACY via AISHealth.com
Dec. 13, 2007
Excerpt: The nation's top advisory board to the federal government on health care privacy believes the current laws and rules are woefully inadequate and recommends that new legislation be passed to strengthen and expand protections.
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REPORT ON PATIENT PRIVACY via AISHealth.com
Aug. 30, 2005
Excerpt: [T]his checklist pertains only to HIPAA privacy requirements and does not address security, TCS or other HIPAA issues.
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REPORT ON PATIENT PRIVACY via AISHealth.com
Nov. 29, 2005
Excerpt: The protection of patient information is second nature at covered entities (CEs), but now they face a new compliance dimension: mandatory patient notification. Though HIPAA does not require CEs to inform patients when their PHI is improperly disclosed, mandatory patient notification is coming from the states.
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REPORT ON PATIENT PRIVACY via AISHealth.com
Mar. 15, 2005
Excerpt: The HIPAA privacy rules require covered entities (CEs) to take certain steps that, with the benefit of nearly two years of post-deadline hindsight, appear to be somewhat trivial and unproductive. Some privacy officers have gone so far as to term them a 'waste of time,' because in many instances few patients evidently benefit from these time-consuming actions.
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Report on Patient Privacy via AISHealth.com
July 2, 2007
Excerpt: Four years after the privacy rule went into effect, hospitals and other covered entities (CEs) are struggling with basic concepts that underlie compliance, such as what the 'minimum necessary' standard means. Mistrust among CEs is rampant, and many have implemented business practices in the name of privacy and security that have no basis in law.
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REPORT ON PATIENT PRIVACY via AISHealth.com
May 10, 2007 Excerpt: In addition to misapplying minimum necessary to treatment, the study also documents pervasive confusion about how state laws dovetail with HIPAA, particularly in the area of substance abuse and mental health treatments, and overlapping and conflicting practices concerning patient consent policies and procedures. |
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REPORT ON PATIENT PRIVACY via AISHealth.com
May 24, 2005
Excerpt: On March 3, 2005, AIS sponsored an audioconference on the 'How to Avoid the 12 Biggest HIPAA Security Landmines,' featuring HIPAA compliance consultant Chris Apgar, Apgar & Associates, Portland, Ore. (capgar@easystreet.com). Information [on the target page] is based on Apgar's March 3 presentation.
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Report on Patient Privacy via AISHealth.com
Aug. 2, 2007
Excerpt: [T]echnically, the minimum-necessary concept is not supposed to be applied to the disclosure of protected health information (PHI) for treatment purposes at all, although it is supposed to be applied to the use of PHI for treatment purposes.
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Report on Patient Privacy via AISHealth.com
June 29, 2007 Excerpt: [T]echnically, the minimum-necessary concept is not supposed to be applied to the disclosure of protected health information (PHI) for treatment purposes at all, although it is supposed to be applied to the use of PHI for treatment purposes. |
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