Personal Healthcare Information

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In this article the writer brings together the Privacy Act and HIPPA to discuss the legislation and implications of HIPPA. This paper highlights the various federal and state requirements, individual rights, facility or practitioner requirements, issues of consent and authorization. This paper also focuses on the type of consent and authorization requirements for the use and disclosure of protected health information inclusive of forms, declarations and signatures.

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"According to a survey conducted by the California Healthcare Foundation, individuals are so concerned with the privacy of their healthcare information they often sited that as a reason why they refused to seek appropriate or required medical attention. Others specifically ask their healthcare provider not to record information pertaining to a healthcare problem for fear it will be used against them by their employer or prevent them from obtaining a specific job in the future. While health insurance companies and other institutions were gathering and sharing available information electronically for research and other governmentally oriented purposes, issues related to the individual's right to privacy, inclusive of their healthcare information had gone by the wayside. In 1996, however, this all changed with the passage of the Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA). In 2000, the US Department of Health and ..."

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