After a year defined by a worldwide pandemic, a new generation witnessed the havoc a contagion can wreak. Unfortunately, the future of public health may hold more grim chapters.
Health information managers (HIM) and other remote release of information (ROI) staff members work with patient data every day. It’s essential for them to protect it.
Since the introduction of HIPAA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has taken care to ensure its rules and regulations keep up with new technologies and practices.
If your law firm needs to retrieve medical records, this guide will provide the information you need to get started.
You might be thinking of using the cloud to store records but keep in mind you need to protect electronic PHI according to HIPAA regulations.
For retiring physicians, it’s mandatory to retain medical records for a number of years determined by state and federal regulations.
