Patient Access 2021 - Patient Access of PHI and Communications – How to Use Plain Texting and E-mail under HIPAA Training

Over many years, the heads of the US DHHS have indicated that patient access of information is a key priority in order to improve the health of the nation. Patient rights under HIPAA have been expanded to include several rights of access
HIPAA now provides for individual rights to receive electronic copies of records held electronically, and patients have rights under HIPAA and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) to directly access test results from the laboratories creating the data.
Learn about the access rights under HIPAA and CLIA regulations.
Learn about the extensive guidance from the HHS Office of Civil Rights on access of PHI.
Find out what the regulations call for and what processes you must have in place for the proper approval and denial of access as appropriate.
Speaker:
Jim Sheldon-Dean is the founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems, LLC, a Vermont-based consulting firm founded in 1982, providing information privacy and security regulatory compliance services