How do the patient know that their information are kept privacy, and what are their rights to have as a patient during their treatment? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) of 1996 were enacted by Congress to protect the patient privacy, increase the value of the access to the healthcare, such as preventing the medical fraud and abuse in the healthcare system, and encourage the standardized protection of individual health information system. HIPPA has effected to the healthcare commerce in many ways. The main purpose of HIPPA is to keep all patients privacy, including preventing the privacy violation of the healthcare system, and limit the administrated costs of healthcare. Therefore, all healthcare organizations that convey any electronic health records (EHR), or electronic medical records (EMR) must comply with HIPPA.
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It is only allowing providers, medical staffs, and insurance companies to access a patient’s records. In addition, the patient have the right to authorize either releasing their medical status to their relatives or not. For instance, all the facilities also have the “Patient consent for use and disclosure of protected health information”, which is a consent form of agreement between providers and patients before the treatment process. To ensure that patients have the right to secure their medical treatment, the law requires that patient must sign a statement of acknowledgement, which means they have received the Notice of Privacy Practice (NPP). The patient must fill this document in the patient’s health records; however, it does not mean that patients have agreed to disclosure of health information, it only means that patients have been informed of the privacy of
It is only allowing providers, medical staffs, and insurance companies to access a patient’s records. In addition, the patient have the right to authorize either releasing their medical status to their relatives or not. For instance, all the facilities also have the “Patient consent for use and disclosure of protected health information”, which is a consent form of agreement between providers and patients before the treatment process. To ensure that patients have the right to secure their medical treatment, the law requires that patient must sign a statement of acknowledgement, which means they have received the Notice of Privacy Practice (NPP). The patient must fill this document in the patient’s health records; however, it does not mean that patients have agreed to disclosure of health information, it only means that patients have been informed of the privacy of