Protecting Patient Medical Records

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This paper looks at the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and examines what it means to patients, the medical profession in general and nurses in particular. It gives a summary of HIPAA provisions, and the penalties for breaches of this federal law.

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"The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is of major importance to patients because it is the first-ever set of federal privacy standards for protecting patient's medical records and other health information which they may provide to doctors hospitals pharmacies other health care providers and to health plans. It was developed by the Department of Health and Human Services and provides patients with access to their medical records and gives them more control over how their medical information is used..."

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