Question

Who owns the patient’s health record? With reference to the patient’s health record, describe the importance of terms like ‘business record’, ‘ownership’, and ‘rights’?

What are some issues related to ownership of health information that should be addressed as a result of the healthcare industry’s growing reliance on information technology and electronic health records?

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides financial incentives to promote the use and electronic sharing of personal health information through the implementation of EHRs and health information exchanges (HIEs). What is an HIE and what is the government doing to address the issues of access, use, and disclosure of protected health information among HIEs and related organizations?

What are access and disclosure rights of competent and incompetent adults?

What must happen to declare someone incompetent?

When are minors allowed to authorize access or disclosure of their own health information?

Who among the workforce in a healthcare setting may access protected health information?

How is sensitive information related to behavioral health, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, STDs, and other communicable diseases and genetics protected from unauthorized access and disclosure?

What does the legal concept of “duty to warn” refer to and how does it relate to the issue of disclosure of patient information?

What must a healthcare provider to do ensure proper release of patient information?

Answer 1

Patient's health record owned by patients and health care organization..Ownership showing degree of responsibilities ownership of communication between member and third parties..Business ownership is needed for talent service..for the organization success financially business ownership is important..HIPAA medical records laws in US established requirements for the ownership of medical records data ..Data regarding patient must be organized by hospital,physicians practice,clinic etc..As per HIPAA and state records laws patient having rights to access their data..
   Patient having right to correct the information through providers..In U.S federal medical seeing for many issues for medical records..patients having rights to keep their information to be diclosed to others..It must be confidentially viewed by providers and get consent signs from individual for financial responsibilities..HIM professional using paper based or elctric record are more difficulties with their new thchnology and data sources..Information managers and users must work with technicians to find ethical foundation for managing health information in the 21st century..
   Under florida law,Health practitioners who are record is the owner of the records..State parties must include some of the data as a owner records..Data malpractice must be avoided by RHIO..the participation agreements should be followed when the RHIO or participant receives the count order, or other demand for disclosure of data..
   EHR having problems with computerized versions of the paper problem list..Provoder organization suffering with this problem..There is a problem with decision making support for nurses and health professionals for issuing health records..Lack of standards facing poor service for caregivers and patients..
   ARRA (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act)providing lot of financial support to health care providers in EHR and they add legal responsibilities in HIT..Because of this financial support ARRA expecting more reality from HIT.HITECH act expands the privacy and standards under health insurance portablity and accountability Act..Financial incentives for physicians to hospitals it is failed for timely adopt EHRs fiancial penalities..health care providers must change their procedures and view thier business agreements to meet responsibilites under HITECH Act...U.S health care system role of state govenment for fund,develop and implement medicaid initiated HIE for cost containemnt and quality improvement..