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Why it's Important to Check Your Health Records

Why it's Important to Check Your Health Records

Guidance from the Office for Civil Rights on your right to access your health records

23 June 2019
From the HHS Office for Civil Rights website: Ask your doctor. You have the right to see and get copies of your health information - PDF. In most cases, you can get a copy the way you want it, such as by...
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OCR Guidance on Ensuring Equal Access to Emergency...

OCR Guidance on Ensuring Equal Access to Emergency...

Official guidance from the Office for Civil Rights

16 September 2018
As Hurricane Florence makes landfall, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and its federal partners remain in close coordination to help ensure that emergency officials effectively address the needs of at-risk...
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Sharing Sensitive Health Information: Protect Your...

Sharing Sensitive Health Information: Protect Your...

A guide from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

31 March 2018

This 2-page ONC published graphic novel (aka comic book) is a short guide that helps illustrate why protecting your health privacy is important and issues to consider when sharing sensitive health information.

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Health app developers, what are your questions about HIPAA?

Health app developers, what are your questions about HIPAA?

A resource from the US Office for Civil Rights

7 June 2016
From the OCR website:  We are experiencing an explosion of technology using data about the health of individuals in innovative ways to improve health outcomes. Building privacy and security protections into...
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Business Associate Contracts

Business Associate Contracts

Sample Business Associate Agreement Provisions provided by the Office of Civil Rights

17 March 2016
From the OCR website: A “business associate” is a person or entity, other than a member of the workforce of a covered entity, who performs functions or activities on behalf of, or provides certain...
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