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