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Medical Records Collection, Retention, and Access

Medical records are those records kept on individual patients by providers that include health history, diagnostic information, and provider notes, among other pieces of data. Medical records can be kept on paper or electronically. This topic covers records maintenance as a condition of provider licensure, recordkeeping requirements for a variety of facilities, and laws governing record retention and ownership, access to records, data collection, and storage and destruction. 

Side-by-Side Table: Comparing HIPAA Regulations to the Proposed and Final Rules

Thu, 2013-03-14 15:34 — healthinfolaw_admin
Published on February 14, 2013
This side-by-side table compares every provision of the Proposed/Interim Final Rules with the relevant sections of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification regulations as they originally existed, and with the updated provisions of the Final Omnibus Rule.
Tag(s): HIPAA

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Summary and Analysis of Final Omnibus HIPAA Rule

Wed, 2013-03-13 13:01 — healthinfolaw_admin
Published on February 14, 2013


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Summary and Analysis of Final Omnibus HIPAA Rule

Wed, 2013-03-13 13:00 — healthinfolaw_admin
Published on February 14, 2013


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Overview of the Final Omnibus HIPAA Rule

Mon, 2013-03-11 16:11 — healthinfolaw_admin
Published on January 30, 2013

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